At a glance
The most developed island in the Indonesian archipelago, Java exhibits all the characteristics of an Asian society experiencing rapid transition: great wealth and equal squalor; beautiful open country and filthy cities; tranquil rural scenes and streets choked with traffic.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Java
- Area:
- 132,000 sq km / 50,966 sq miles
- Population:
- 128,000,000
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC +7 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Currency:
- Rupiah