Interesting things about Indonesia - host of Asiad 2018

Southeast Asia has 18,000 islands, which are home to rare animals such as the Komodo dragon, the Javan rhinoceros.

Flag of Indonesia and Monaco, Poland are very similar, there are two red and white stripes so easily confused. The odds of two sides of the Indonesian flag are 2: 3 and the Monaco flag is 4: 5. The flag colors of Indonesia are the red stripes above, while the Polish flag is the reverse. Photo: Crwflags.

The country has the third largest volcano in the world, behind the United States and Russia, with 139 volcanoes, according to the American Museum of Natural History. Photo: Crwflags.

Made up of 18,307 islands, Indonesia is the largest island nation in the world, with an area of nearly 2 million km2. This land is nicknamed "the island nation." Photo: World Atlas.

Although Indonesia has many such islands, visitors mainly to Bali. Photo: TopDesk Travel.

Bahasa Indonesia is the official language of the country of 260 million people. Java is also popular with 84 million users. In addition, the country has more than 700 other languages. In Papua province alone, people speak 270 languages.

According to Conservation International, Indonesia is on the list of 17 countries that are considered "megadiverse" (super-diverse countries). Most of the animals in the world live here. Even more, people find other non-existent species. Picture: Drama Fever.

Indonesia is inhabited by Komodo dragons. This is a scary animal, weighs 70 kg, can be up to 3 meters long. Their bites are poisonous. Photo: Telegraph