Portal:Jakarta

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Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with administrative status equivalent to a province. It lies on the northwestern coast of Java, borders the provinces of West Java and Banten, and faces the Java Sea to the north. Jakarta itself covers about 662 square kilometres (256 square miles), but the wider Jakarta metropolitan area—locally known as Jabodetabek—is among the largest urban agglomerations in the world by area. By population, Greater Jakarta is the most populous urban area in the world with a population of over 40 million. Jakarta is Indonesia's political, economic, and cultural centre and contains many national institutions, corporate headquarters, and the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The area that is now Jakarta has been inhabited since at least the early centuries of the Common Era and was long associated with Sunda Kelapa, the port of the Sunda Kingdom. In 1527, the settlement was renamed Jayakarta after being captured by forces of the Demak Sultanate. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) seized the city in 1619 and rebuilt it as Batavia, which served as the centre of VOC power and subsequently of Dutch colonial rule in the Indonesian archipelago for more than three centuries. After the Japanese occupation during the Second World War and Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945, the city took the name Jakarta and became the capital of the new republic.

The Globalization and World Cities Research Network classifies Jakarta as an alpha world city. It is Indonesia's main financial and commercial centre and one of Southeast Asia's largest urban economies. Its economy is concentrated in finance, trade, business services, media, and international diplomacy. Rapid urbanisation since the mid-20th century expanded Jakarta into a metropolitan region and drew migrants from across Indonesia.

Jakarta has no ethnic majority. Its population includes large communities of Javanese, Betawi, Sundanese, Chinese Indonesians, and migrants from many other parts of Indonesia. Indonesian is the official language and the main language of public life, while Betawi culture grew out of the mixing of local, Chinese, Indian, Arab, and European influences during the colonial period. Jakarta has persistent urban problems, including traffic congestion, air pollution, flooding, and land subsidence, which helped prompt the national government's decision to relocate Indonesia's future capital to Nusantara in East Kalimantan. (Full article...)

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Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS), formerly Jakarta International School, is a private, international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1951 for expatriate students living in Jakarta and is the largest international primary and secondary school in Indonesia. JIS has more than 2,500 students aged 3 to 18 from over 70 nationalities. The school adheres to an American curriculum while taking pieces from other curriculum models from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Council of International Schools. Since JIS is an American Overseas School, it is assisted by the US Department of State's Office of Overseas Schools. JIS has three campuses, two solely for elementary students in Pattimura and Pondok Indah, and one much bigger and considered the main campus for junior high and high school students in Cilandak, South Jakarta.

The school changed its name to Jakarta Intercultural School from Jakarta International School in 2014 to comply with the Indonesian government's regulations on prohibiting the use of the word "international" in school names. (Full article...)

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Pencak silat Betawi style performed during Betawi wedding ceremony. The practitioner demonstrates the Silat technique on how to disarm opponent using "golok" blade as a weapon. Rawasari, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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5 August 2003 – A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, killing twelve people and injuring 150.
17 August 1945 – The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (pictured) was read at 10:00 on Friday in Sukarno's house at 56 Jalan Pegangsaan Timur.
28 August 2023 – Jabodebek LRT opened to the public, and the third light rapid transit in Indonesia.

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Benyamin Sueb (5 March 1939 – 5 September 1995) was an Indonesian comedian, actor and singer. He released 46 studio albums and starred in more than 50 films. He received two Citra Awards for Intan Berduri in 1973 and Si Doel Anak Modern in 1977. (Full article...)

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Image 1Batavia in 1682 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 2Ancol beach in Jakarta Bay (from Jakarta)
Image 3Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta
Image 4Gowes bike sharing station at Bundaran HI, Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 5Ragunan Zoo in southern Jakarta, one of the city's major green and recreational areas (from Jakarta)
Image 6Map of Batavia in 1840. Multiple villas started to appear to the south of the old Batavia. (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 7Drizzle in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 8Argo Bromo Anggrek, a non-stop train connecting Jakarta and Surabaya (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 9Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar sealing the Sunda–Portuguese treaty, Indonesian National Museum, Jakarta (from History of Jakarta)
Image 10Jabodebek LRT arriving to Jatimulya station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 11Port of Tanjung Priok, the busiest port in Indonesia. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 12Image of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies in what is now North Jakarta, circa 1780 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 13Jakarta pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists take over the main avenue during Car-Free Day (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 14The Nieuwe Poort in Batavia, 1682 (from Jakarta)
Image 15Transjakarta buses use separate lanes to avoid congested roads, and it has the world's longest bus rapid transit routes. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 16Glodok commercial area. The area of Kota and Glodok remained Jakarta's central business and banking district during the 1950s. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 17Betawi people, considered an ethnic group native to Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 18Rumah Kebaya built with Betawi architecture at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (from Jakarta)
Image 19Compressed natural gas fuelled Bajaj in Jakarta. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 20The University of Indonesia's Faculty of Medicine in Salemba, Central Jakarta, occupies the former STOVIA medical school building, which opened in 1919 as part of Batavia's medical precinct. (from Jakarta)
Image 21Map of Batavia in 1897 (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 22A KRL Commuterline arriving in Kampung Bandan station (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 23Map of Jakarta's administrative cities, with the Thousand Islands Regency shown in a lower-left inset. (from Jakarta)
Image 24Map of Batavia in 1897 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 25Soto Betawi, a popular variant of soto in the Jakarta area (from Jakarta)
Image 26The Jakarta International Stadium in northern Jakarta. With a seating capacity of 82,000, it is Indonesia's biggest stadium. (from Jakarta)
Image 27Part of Jakarta Inner Ring Road or Jalan Tol Lingkar Dalam Jakarta in Kuningan, South Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 28Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia (from Jakarta)
Image 29Toyota Avanza taxi, operated by Blue Bird. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 30Jakarta MRT train leaving Haji Nawi station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 31Sukarno reading the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur No. 56, Menteng (from Jakarta)
Image 32Jayakarta circa 1605–8, before its complete destruction by the Dutch, showing earlier pre-colonial structures before Batavia was founded (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 33A map of Batavia (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 34Untung Jawa Island, part of the Thousand Islands north of Jakarta's coast (from Jakarta)
Image 35Ondel-ondel, a large traditional puppet, is an icon of Jakarta and a symbol of Betawi culture (from Jakarta)
Image 362019 Indonesian protests and riots (from History of Jakarta)
Image 37Luso-Sundanese padrão, a monument commemorating a treaty between the Portuguese Empire and the Sunda Kingdom (from Jakarta)
Image 38Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of IV Asian Games shown in 1962 Indonesian stamp (from History of Jakarta)
Image 39A Metrotrans bus at Senayan (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 40December 2016 Jakarta protests (from History of Jakarta)
Image 41The Istiqlal Mosque was one of the many delayed projects of Sukarno in Jakarta. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 421960s saw the boom of the informal becak. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 43The Jakarta City Hall (from Jakarta)
Image 44Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Aerial view (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 45Mikrotrans microbus (angkot) operated by Transjakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 46Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters (from Jakarta)
Image 47Grand Indonesia shopping mall (from Jakarta)
Image 48The main TV tower of TVRI at its headquarters in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 49Jayakarta in 1605, prior to the establishment of Batavia (from History of Jakarta)
Image 50A train HSR KCIC400AF stopped at Halim station connecting Jakarta and Bandung (from Transport in Jakarta)

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