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, bordering West Java and Banten and facing the Java Sea. Jakarta covers about 664 square kilometres (256 square miles) and had 11 million registered residents in 2025. Its urban area extends well beyond the provincial boundary into the wider Jakarta metropolitan area (locally known as Jabodetabek), which had a population of nearly 42 million in 2025 according to the United Nations.

The area around present-day Jakarta was long associated with Sunda Kelapa, the port of the Sunda Kingdom. Islamic forces captured Kalapa in 1527, after which the settlement became known as Jayakarta and came under the Banten Sultanate. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) seized Jayakarta in 1619 and rebuilt it as Batavia, its main administrative centre in Asia and an important trading port. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, the authorities renamed Batavia to Jakarta. Indonesian independence was proclaimed there in 1945 and after the Indonesian National Revolution, Jakarta became the capital of the unitary republic in 1950.

Jakarta grew rapidly after Indonesian independence. Migration from across Indonesia has shaped its population and culture. Urban growth has spread into Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi, which creates a metropolitan region tied together by large, daily commuter flows. Jakarta is Indonesia's financial and trade centre and the centre of national administration. It is also home to many corporate headquarters, media organisations, universities and the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Jakarta has no ethnic majority. The largest groups include Javanese, Betawi, Sundanese and Chinese Indonesians. Indonesian is the official language and the main language of public life, while Betawi culture developed from interaction among people of varying origins in colonial Batavia. Jakarta faces persistent issues including traffic congestion, flooding, land subsidence, air pollution, and pressure on water and waste services. In 2022, the Indonesian government began the legal process of moving the country's capital to Nusantara in East Kalimantan, but Jakarta remains the capital until the transfer is formalised by a presidential decree. (Full article...)

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November 2016 Jakarta protests (also called Protests defending the Quran or 4 November protests) refer to an Islamist mass protest which took place on 4 November 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was attended by an estimated 50,000–200,000 protesters, and was aimed against the Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (popularly known by his Chinese nickname "Ahok"), for alleged blasphemy of the Quran, the Islamic holy book. A counter-protest led by government officials and social activists in support of interfaith unity was led on 30 November. (Full article...)

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Jakarta pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists take over the main avenue during Car-Free Day.

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9–22 October 1740 – Dutch East Indies soldiers and native collaborators killed at least 10,000 ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia (pictured)
17 October 2023 – The Whoosh High-speed rail inaugurated by President Joko Widodo which connecting Jakarta to Bandung, and first High-speed rail in ASEAN and Indonesia

28 October 1928 – The Second Youth Congress was held in Batavia, Dutch East Indies by the young Indonesian nationalists, resulting in a declaration that is called the Youth Pledge.

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Mohammad Husni Thamrin (16 February 1894 – 11 January 1941), popularly known as MH Thamrin, was an Indonesian politician and nationalist who served in the Volksraad from 1927 until his death in 1941. He was one of the founders of Parindra and was a leader in the Indonesian Political Federation, advocating for Indonesian independence. After his death, he was honored as a National Hero of Indonesia. (Full article...)

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Image 1Batavia in 1682 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 2A map of Batavia (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 3Ragunan Zoo in southern Jakarta, one of the city's major green and recreational areas.
Image 4Argo Bromo Anggrek, a non-stop train connecting Jakarta and Surabaya (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 5Transjakarta buses use separate lanes to avoid congested roads, and it has the world's longest bus rapid transit routes. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 6Port of Tanjung Priok, the busiest port in Indonesia. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 7Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of IV Asian Games shown in 1962 Indonesian stamp (from History of Jakarta)
Image 8Map of Jakarta's administrative cities, with the Thousand Islands Regency shown in a lower-left inset.
Image 9Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar sealing the Sunda–Portuguese treaty, Indonesian National Museum, Jakarta (from History of Jakarta)
Image 10Gowes bike sharing station at Bundaran HI, Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 11Map of Batavia in 1897 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 12Jakarta pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists take over the main avenue during Car-Free Day (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 13Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Aerial view (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 14Grand Indonesia shopping mall.
Image 151960s saw the boom of the informal becak. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 16Sketch of the Japanese entry into Batavia (from History of Jakarta)
Image 17Jabodebek LRT arriving to Jatimulya station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 18A sign encouraging development in East Jakarta written in the Betawi language.
Image 19Ondel-ondel, a large traditional puppet and a symbol of Betawi culture.
Image 20Rumah Kebaya built with Betawi architecture at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
Image 21Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta
Image 22Jakarta LRT at Boulevard Utara station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 23A Metrotrans bus at Senayan (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 24Compressed natural gas fuelled Bajaj in Jakarta. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 25Drizzle in Jakarta
Image 26Map of Batavia in 1897 (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 27Jayakarta in 1605, prior to the establishment of Batavia (from History of Jakarta)
Image 28Glodok commercial area. The area of Kota and Glodok remained Jakarta's central business and banking district during the 1950s. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 29The Jakarta City Hall
Image 30The main TV tower of TVRI at its headquarters in Jakarta.
Image 31The Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) is a prominent business centre in Jakarta.
Image 32Satellite image of the Jakarta metropolitan area and the surrounding western Java, acquired by Sentinel-2.
Image 33Mikrotrans microbus (angkot) operated by Transjakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 34The University of Indonesia's Faculty of Medicine occupies a former colonial medical school building in Salemba.
Image 35Untung Jawa Island, part of the Thousand Islands north of Jakarta's coast.
Image 36Luso-Sundanese padrão, a monument commemorating a treaty between the Portuguese Empire and the Sunda Kingdom
Image 37A skybridge at CSW-ASEAN TOD (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 38Part of Jakarta Inner Ring Road or Jalan Tol Lingkar Dalam Jakarta in Kuningan, South Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 39December 2016 Jakarta protests (from History of Jakarta)
Image 40The Nieuwe Poort in Batavia, 1682
Image 41Map of Batavia in 1840. Multiple villas started to appear to the south of the old Batavia. (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 42The Istiqlal Mosque was one of the many delayed projects of Sukarno in Jakarta. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 43Jayakarta 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 44The Jakarta International Stadium in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. With a seating capacity of 82,000, it is Indonesia's biggest stadium.
Image 45Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
Image 46Sukarno reading the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur No. 56, Menteng
Image 47A KRL Commuterline arriving in Kampung Bandan station (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 48Toyota Avanza taxi, operated by Blue Bird. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 49Image of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies in what is now North Jakarta, circa 1780 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 50Soto Betawi, a Jakarta-area variant of soto.

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