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___MASK88___ ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK88___ , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country 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 , ___MASK88___ 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 . A Muslim is someone who follows or practises Islam , a monotheistic Abrahamic religion . Muslims consider the Quran ( Koran ), their holy book , to be the verbatim word ___MASK44___ God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad . They also follow the teachings and practices ___MASK44___ Muhammad (" sunnah ") as recorded in traditional accounts (" hadith "). " Muslim " is an Arabic word meaning " one who submits ( to God )". An island country is a country whose primary territory consists ___MASK44___ one or more islands or parts ___MASK44___ islands . As ___MASK44___ 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) ___MASK44___ the 193 UN member states are island countries . ___MASK18___ ( Indonesian : Jawa ; Javanese :  ; Sundanese :  ) is an island ___MASK44___ ___MASK88___ . With a population ___MASK44___ over 141 million ( the island itself ) or 145 million ( the administrative region ) Census released in December 2015 , ___MASK18___ is home to 56 . 7 percent ___MASK44___ the Indonesian population and is the most populous island on Earth . The Indonesian capital city , Jakarta , is located on western ___MASK18___ . Much ___MASK44___ Indonesian history took place on ___MASK18___ . It was the ___MASK13___ ___MASK44___ powerful Hindu - Buddhist empires , the Islamic sultanates , and the core ___MASK44___ the colonial Dutch East Indies . ___MASK18___ was also the ___MASK13___ ___MASK44___ the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s . ___MASK18___ dominates ___MASK88___ politically , economically and culturally . Waibakul is a town in ___MASK78___ of Indonesia and it is the seat ( capital ) of Central Sumba Regency . ___MASK45___ Sumba Regency ( Indonesian : Kabupaten Sumba Tengah ) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara ___MASK44___ ___MASK88___ . The new ___MASK45___ Sumba Regency was established when West Sumba Regency was split into two regencies in 2007 . The seat ( capital ) ___MASK44___ its government is located at Waibakul . ___MASK9___ , officially the Republic ___MASK44___ ___MASK9___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay ___MASK44___ Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK100___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK9___ is in the vicinity ___MASK44___ Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK9___ ' 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 . Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion ___MASK44___ Asia , consisting ___MASK44___ the countries that are geographically south ___MASK44___ ___MASK100___ , east ___MASK44___ India , west ___MASK44___ New Guinea and north ___MASK44___ Australia . The region lies near the intersection ___MASK44___ geological plates , with heavy seismic and volcanic activity . Southeast Asia consists ___MASK44___ two geographic regions : Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn ( for ) and atomic number 50 , is a ___MASK59___ - transition metal in group 14 ___MASK44___ the periodic table . It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite , which contains tin dioxide , SnO . Tin shows a chemical similarity to both ___MASK44___ 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 ___MASK44___ stable isotopes in the periodic table , thanks to its magic number ___MASK44___ 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 . Kupang ( Indonesian : " ___MASK87___ Kupang ", ; Dutch spelling : Koepang ) is the capital ___MASK44___ the Indonesian province ___MASK44___ East Nusa Tenggara , and has an estimated population in 2011 ___MASK44___ 349 , 344 . It is the biggest city and port on the island ___MASK44___ Timor . Timor is an island at the southern end ___MASK44___ Maritime Southeast Asia , north ___MASK44___ the Timor Sea . The island is divided between the sovereign states ___MASK44___ East Timor , on the eastern part , and ___MASK88___ , on the western part . The Indonesian part , also known as West Timor , constitutes part ___MASK44___ the province ___MASK44___ East Nusa Tenggara . Within West Timor lies an exclave ___MASK44___ East Timor called Oecusse District . The island covers an area ___MASK44___ . The name is a variant ___MASK44___ " timur ", Malay for " east "; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end ___MASK44___ the Lesser Sunda Islands . Oceania ( or ), also known as Oceanica , is a region centred on the islands ___MASK44___ the tropical ___MASK41___ . Opinions ___MASK44___ what constitutes Oceania range from its three subregions ___MASK44___ Melanesia , Micronesia , and Polynesia to , more broadly , the entire insular region between Southeast Asia and the Americas , including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago . ___MASK89___ Nusa Tenggara ( NTT ) is a province ___MASK44___ ___MASK88___ . It is located in the eastern part ___MASK44___ the Lesser Sunda Islands and includes West Timor . It has a total area ___MASK44___ 48 , 718 . 1 km , and the population at the 2010 Census was 4 , 683 , 827 ; the latest official estimate in January 2014 was 5 , 070 , 746 . The provincial capital is Kupang on West Timor . ___MASK56___ Sumba Regency is a regency in ___MASK78___ of Indonesia . Established in 1958 , the regency has its seat ( capital ) in Waikabubak . Its population was 111 , 023 in the 2010 census . Waikabubak is a town in ___MASK78___ of Indonesia and it is the capital of West Sumba Regency . Waikabubak is the second largest town on Sumba island after Waingapu . ___MASK56___ Timor is the western and Indonesian portion ___MASK44___ the island ___MASK44___ Timor and part ___MASK44___ the province ___MASK44___ East Nusa Tenggara .