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A ___MASK66___ is someone who follows or practises Islam , a monotheistic Abrahamic ___MASK76___ . Muslims consider the Quran ( Koran ), their holy book , to be the verbatim word of ___MASK34___ as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad . They also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad (" sunnah ") as recorded in traditional accounts (" hadith "). " ___MASK66___ " is an Arabic word meaning " one who submits ( to ___MASK34___ )". The Dutch East Indies ( or Netherlands East Indies ; ) was a Dutch ___MASK78___ . It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East ___MASK8___ Company , which came under the administration of the Dutch ___MASK9___ in 1800 . Serang (" Kabupaten Serang ") is a regency of Banten ___MASK35___ , Indonesia . The administrative center of the regency is at Baros , while the ___MASK57___ of the ___MASK35___ is the independent municipality of Serang (" Kota Serang ") which was split off the regency in 2007 . Serang is about 10 km from Old Banten , the eponymous former sultanate ' s ___MASK57___ . Merak , a major port and ferry terminal , is located just west of the regency . Serang Regency and its ___MASK57___ have experience a heavy influx of residents as Jakarta continues its outward growth ; some planning agencies consider it to be part of the metropolitan area . It shares its eastern border with Tangerang Regency of Jabodetabek . An ___MASK15___ or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by ___MASK39___ . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An ___MASK15___ in a river or a lake ___MASK15___ may be called an eyot or ait , and a small ___MASK15___ off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines . Earth , otherwise known as the world , is the third ___MASK84___ from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to ___MASK49___ life . It is the densest ___MASK84___ in the Solar ___MASK54___ and the largest of the four terrestrial planets . ___MASK32___ (' ;) is a ___MASK76___ articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of ___MASK34___ ('), and , for the vast majority of adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed of accounts called " hadith ") of Muhammad ( 570  8 June 632 CE ). It is the world ' s second - largest ___MASK76___ and the fastest - growing major ___MASK76___ in the world , with over ___MASK65___ . 7 billion followers or 23 % of the global population , known as Muslims . ___MASK32___ is an Abrahamic ___MASK93___ that upholds that ___MASK34___ is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship ___MASK34___ . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of ___MASK34___ . Tin is a ___MASK20___ element with the ___MASK31___ Sn ( for ) and atomic number 50 , is a post - transition metal in group 14 of the periodic ___MASK61___ . It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite , which contains tin dioxide , SnO . Tin shows a ___MASK20___ similarity to both of its neighbors in group 14 , germanium and lead , and has two main oxidation states , + 2 and the slightly more stable + 4 . Tin is the 49th most abundant element and has , with 10 stable isotopes , the largest number of stable isotopes in the periodic ___MASK61___ , thanks to its magic number of protons . It has two main allotropes : at room temperature , the stable allotrope is  - tin , a silvery - white , malleable metal , but at low temperatures it transforms into the less dense grey  - tin , which has the diamond cubic structure . Metallic tin is not easily oxidized in air . An ___MASK15___ country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands . As of 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) of the 193 UN ___MASK53___ states are ___MASK15___ countries . West Java ( abbreviated as " Jabar ") is a ___MASK46___ . It is located in the western part of the island of Java and its capital and largest urban center is Bandung , although much of its population in the northwest corner of the province live in areas suburban to the even larger urban area of Jakarta , even though that city itself lies outside the administrative province . The province ' s population is 46 . 3 million ( in 2014 ) and it is the most populous and most densely populated of Indonesia ' s provinces . A ___MASK36___ is , in ___MASK17___ , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised ___MASK9___ that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one ___MASK9___ , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a ___MASK36___ is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . Hindu refers to any ___MASK11___ who regards themselves as culturally , ethnically , or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism . It has historically been used as a ___MASK79___ , cultural , rather than a religious ___MASK74___ for ___MASK33___ indigenous to South Asia . Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a ___MASK24___ of Asia , consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China , east of India , west of New Guinea and north of Australia . The region lies near the intersection of geological plates , with heavy seismic and volcanic activity . Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions : Jakarta , ( formerly named Sunda Kelapa , Jayakarta and Batavia ) officially the Special ___MASK57___ Region of Jakarta , is the ___MASK57___ and most populous city of the Republic of Indonesia . Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the ___MASK29___ of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and ___MASK22___ located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . Serang ___MASK68___ ( Indonesian : " Kota Serang ") is the ___MASK57___ of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia ( the Regency ' s ___MASK57___ is now at Baros ). The city is located towards the north of Banten province . Before Banten province was formed in 2000 Serang was part of West Java province . ___MASK8___ , officially the ___MASK29___ of ___MASK8___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over ___MASK65___ . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian ___MASK72___ on the southwest , and the ___MASK97___ of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK8___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK8___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Banten is the westernmost ___MASK35___ on the island of Java , in Indonesia . The provincial ___MASK57___ city is Serang . The population of Banten was officially estimated at 11 , 834 , 087 at the start of 2014 , up from over 10 . 6 million during the 2010 census . Formerly part of the ___MASK35___ of West Java , Banten became a separate ___MASK35___ in 2000 . The ___MASK35___ is a transit corridor to the neighbouring Indonesian island of Sumatra . Historically , it has had a culture distinct from the rest of Java and that of the broader Indonesian archipelago . In recent years , the northern half , particularly those areas near Jakarta and the Java ___MASK72___ coast , have experienced rapid rises in population and urbanization , while the southern half , particularly that facing the Indian Ocean , maintains more of its traditional character . Oceania ( or ), also known as Oceanica , is a ___MASK100___ centred on the islands of the tropical Pacific ___MASK92___ . Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from its ___MASK83___ subregions of Melanesia , Micronesia , and Polynesia to , more broadly , the entire insular ___MASK100___ between Southeast Asia and the Americas , including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago . Java ( Indonesian : Jawa ; Javanese :  ; Sundanese :  ) is an ___MASK15___ of Indonesia . With a population of over 141 million ( the ___MASK15___ itself ) or 145 million ( the ___MASK75___ ) Census released in ___MASK10___ 2015 , Java is home to 56 . 7 percent of the Indonesian population and is the most populous ___MASK15___ on Earth . The Indonesian capital city , Jakarta , is located on western Java . Much of Indonesian history took place on Java . It was the center of powerful Hindu - Buddhist empires , the Islamic sultanates , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies . Java was also the center of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s . Java dominates Indonesia politically , economically and culturally . The East Indies or Indies are the lands of South and Southeast Asia . In a more restricted ___MASK44___ , the Indies can be used to refer to the islands of Southeast Asia , especially the Malay ___MASK2___ . The ___MASK14___ " Indies " is derived from the river Indus and is used to connote parts of Asia that came under Indian cultural influence ( except Vietnam which is in the ___MASK25___ cultural sphere ).