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Which country is Bali in?

Bali, an island of Indonesia, is located in the east of Java with an area of 5,620 square kilometers. It is a world-famous tourist island with dense tropical vegetation.

Bali is located 8 degrees south of the Indian Ocean equator, 3650 kilometers east of Java, northwest of Australia and south of Taiwan Province Province.

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Bali is one of the most dazzling islands in Indonesia 17000. It is located in the east of Java, covering an area of 5620 square kilometers. The island is criss-crossed with mountains, different customs and beautiful scenery. The east-west width of the island is140km, and the north-south distance is 80km, with a total area of 5620㎞? . It is a world-famous tourist island and one of the 33 first-class administrative regions in Indonesia.

Most of Bali is mountainous, and the whole island is mountainous, with high east and low west. The highest mountain on the island is Agung volcano, with an altitude of 3 142 meters. Bali is the only Hindu region in Indonesia. 80% people believe in Hinduism. The main languages are Indonesian and English.

Balinese people are composed of various South Island immigrants and prehistoric mixed blood around 2500 BC. In the Bronze Age around 300 BC, Bali had a very progressive culture. The farmland irrigation organization (Subak) and irrigation system still in use were inherited from then on.

About 10 century, Indian civilization influenced the whole Southeast Asia and spread to Bali through Java, providing Bali with the rudiments of literature, art, social organization and politics. /kloc-In the 3rd century, Hindu Javanese began to rule Bali; Islam was introduced into Java in 15 15, prompting a large number of Hindu monks, nobles, soldiers, craftsmen and artists to flee to Bali, resulting in the golden age of Bali in 16 century.

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