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FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
The following is to help you familiarize yourself with the geographical location, facts about the tropical island where the “Story of a Nail” has its setting.
SUMATRA
Sumatra is the largest of the great Sunda Islands of the Malay archipelago.
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Lying approximately 1,800 miles north west of Australia and approximately 300 miles due east of Borneo [sic; should be "due west"], it forms part of Indonesia.
Sumatra consists of a high mountain chain which runs along the western coast descending into a huge tract of flat land seamed with many large rivers and their scores of tributaries.
Rainfall is from 98 inches per year in dry country to 139 inches per year in the wet region. Climate is humid, tropical, moist.
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The population of Sumatra is approximately 10 million. There are a quarter of a million tribes scattered throughout the mountains and uplands of Northern and Central Sumatra. Over one fifth profess Mohammedism and one tenth C