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Hello! My name is Io

Io lives in East Indonesia with his mother and father. He is 18 year(s) old. Io speaks Indonesian. When you decide to sponsor Io you decide to start a life-changing journey with him.

  • My birthday is on 19 April.
  • I love Ball Games.
  • In East Indonesia, we speak Indonesian.

About Io's Country

Indonesia consists of 17,000 islands along the equator between Australia and Asia. The larger islands have central mountain ranges and fertile plains and lowlands. The climate is tropical with a rainy read more... season from October to April. The country squeezes a population nearly the size of the United States into a landmass roughly triple the size of Texas; it has the fourth largest population in the world. Indonesia is also a diverse nation with many resources. More than 700 languages are spoken but the most common is Bahasa Indonesia. Islam claims 90 percent of Indonesians; however, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and animism are also practiced. When Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492, he sought a new route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The Portuguese arrived in the sixteenth century but in 1602 the Dutch began slowly gaining control of the islands. Following Japanese occupation during World War II, the country, led by Sukarno, proclaimed independence in 1945. Suharto ousted Sukarno in 1968 and held the presidency of the military-controlled republic until 1998, when a collapsing economy fueled riots and demands for reforms. In 2001, the country elected a female leader, President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

About Io's Community

I live in a Village area where the terrain is Island. The closest major city to where I live is called Manado. There are 1225 people who live here, and most have jobs like Day Labor, Domestic Services read more..., Subsistence Farming. The climate here is Dry. Our coldest month is Dec and the warmest is Apr.

Country Comparison

Country Flag New Zealand
East Indonesia
4.7
Number of children under the age of 5 who die per 1,000 births1
81
Average life expectancy in years1
0%
Infant mortality rate1
%
1 UNICEF