Java, the island with the largest population in the world
In coronavirus virus times high density of population countries are particularly vulnerable to the expansion of this pandemia. Until now(march 29, 2020) in Indonesia, which is a very high density country, particularly in Java, the death count related to coronavirus is 122. However, if this disease takes hold in the indonesian society there is high risk of a much higher death toll. Here I reiterate an article that i think is relevant to this issue.
Java, the highest density islandJava is an island in Indonesia. It has an approximate surface of 132,000 km2 and a population of 145 million inhabitants, which makes it the most densely populated island in the world (considering only the large islands) with 1098 people per km².
The demographic density is largely due to the high productivity of its volcanic soils. Indeed, Java is an intensely volcanic island with numerous geologically active volcanoes spewing ash and fast-weathering vitreous pyroclastic materials with nutrient release.
While Java is a relatively small island compared to its neighboring Sumatra and Borneo, it has a huge concentration of volcanoes. There are 45 active volcanoes on the island, excluding 20 small craters and cones in the Dieng volcanic complex and the young cones in the Tengger caldera complex. There are sulfur mining activities in Ijen, where miners collect highly concentrated sulfur rocks by hand which means an important mineral resource. On the other hand, Indonesia is a center of marine biogeographic dispersion that has given rise to the maximum aquatic biodiversity in the world. Java, located in the center of the Indonesian island chain, shares the archipelago's bio-oceanic natural wealth.
Due to its high agricultural productivity, Java has been home to a large population throughout its history. For that reason, it has also played a major political role in Southeast Asia. In Java, Batavia was settled, the capital city of the Dutch colonization, which after independence in 1945 was renamed Jakarta, whose rapid growth has led to numerous environmental and social problems.
The island concentrates the largest and most important cities in that country, including Jakarta, which is the capital and has 11 million in the urban perimeter and 30 million in the metropolitan area.
Other cities are Surabaya, on the north coast of the island with 7 million inhabitants and Bandung in the center, with 6 million.
Javanese is spoken in Java, which is a variety of the Malay language stem. After independence it became the standard for the entire Indonesian federation.
The demographic density is largely due to the high productivity of its volcanic soils. Indeed, Java is an intensely volcanic island with numerous geologically active volcanoes spewing ash and fast-weathering vitreous pyroclastic materials with nutrient release.
While Java is a relatively small island compared to its neighboring Sumatra and Borneo, it has a huge concentration of volcanoes. There are 45 active volcanoes on the island, excluding 20 small craters and cones in the Dieng volcanic complex and the young cones in the Tengger caldera complex. There are sulfur mining activities in Ijen, where miners collect highly concentrated sulfur rocks by hand which means an important mineral resource. On the other hand, Indonesia is a center of marine biogeographic dispersion that has given rise to the maximum aquatic biodiversity in the world. Java, located in the center of the Indonesian island chain, shares the archipelago's bio-oceanic natural wealth.
Due to its high agricultural productivity, Java has been home to a large population throughout its history. For that reason, it has also played a major political role in Southeast Asia. In Java, Batavia was settled, the capital city of the Dutch colonization, which after independence in 1945 was renamed Jakarta, whose rapid growth has led to numerous environmental and social problems.
The island concentrates the largest and most important cities in that country, including Jakarta, which is the capital and has 11 million in the urban perimeter and 30 million in the metropolitan area.
Other cities are Surabaya, on the north coast of the island with 7 million inhabitants and Bandung in the center, with 6 million.
Javanese is spoken in Java, which is a variety of the Malay language stem. After independence it became the standard for the entire Indonesian federation.
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