Western Indonesia
Western Indonesia
Indonesia Barat | |
|---|---|
Region | |
Top-down, left-to-right: Borobudur Temple, Bogor Palace, Pagaruyung Palace, Siak Palace, Palembang LRT, Jakarta skyline, Thai Pak Kung Temple, Tarakan Islamic Centre | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Provinces | Aceh North Sumatra West Sumatra Riau Jambi South Sumatra Bengkulu Lampung Bangka Belitung Islands Riau Islands Jakarta West Java Central Java Special Region of Yogyakarta East Java Banten West Kalimantan Central Kalimantan South Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Kalimantan |
| Largest city | Jakarta |
| Other major cities | Surabaya Bandung Medan Semarang Palembang Batam Balikpapan Samarinda Pekanbaru |
| Area | |
• Total | 854,164 sq mi (2,212,274 km2) |
| • Land | 236.400 sq mi (612.274 km2) |
| • Water | 620,000 sq mi (1,600,000 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 230.563.678 |
| • Density | 0.975308/sq mi (0.376568/km2) |
| Time zones | UTC+07:00 (Western Indonesia Time) |
| UTC+08:00 (Central Indonesia Time) | |
| Official language | Indonesian |
| Regional languages | Javanese Sundanese Malay Batak Minangkabau Dayak Banjarese Acehnese |
Western Indonesia (Indonesian: Indonesia Barat; pronounced [ɪndoˌnes(i)ja ˈbarat̪̚]) is one of the two main geographical regions of Indonesia, the other being Eastern Indonesia. It consists of 21 provinces in Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra. Western Indonesia Time (Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Barat, WIB; pronounced [ˌwak̚t̪u ɪndoˌnes(i)ja ˈbarat̪̚]) is seven hours ahead (UTC+07:00) of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), used in the islands of Sumatra, Java, and the western half of Kalimantan.
Western Indonesia has a land border with East Malaysia to the North and Peninsular Malaysia to the West.