Portal:Jakarta

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Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the de facto 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 now forms 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.

Classified as an alpha world city, Jakarta is Indonesia's main financial and commercial centre and a leading node in the country's economy and regional trade. Its economy is concentrated in finance, trade, business services, media, and international diplomacy. Rapid urbanisation since the mid-20th century has turned the city into a vast metropolitan region, drawing migrants from across the Indonesian archipelago and making it the country's most populous city and one of the region's largest urban economies.

Jakarta is highly diverse and has no single dominant ethnic group. 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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Transjakarta (stylised in all-lowercase, often erroneously called Busway and sometimes shortened as TJ, and branded as TiJe) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia commenced operations on 15 January 2004 to provide a fast public transport system to help reduce rush hour traffic. The system is considered Jakarta's premier public transit offering. The buses run in dedicated lanes (busways), and ticket prices are subsidised by the regional government.

Transjakarta has the world's longest BRT system (251.2 kilometres [156.1 mi] in length), which operates about 5,000 buses, of which 470 are electric. Transjakarta aims to have 50 percent of its fleet be electric buses by 2027. By 2030, the aim is for the entire Transjakarta ecosystem to use electric buses. As of March 2026, it serves an average of 1.4 million passengers daily and covers 92.5% of Jakarta's area. (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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22 June 1527 – Fatahillah, on behalf of the Demak attacked and conquered the Portuguese in Sunda Kelapa (in present-day North Jakarta), after which it was renamed Jayakarta.

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Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi ([krisˈmanʃah raˈhadi]; born Christian Rahadi [kristiˈan raˈhadi]; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), better known by his stage name Chrisye ([krisˈjə]), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011, Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the third-greatest Indonesian musician of all time.

Born in Jakarta of mixed Chinese-Indonesian descent, Chrisye became interested in music at an early age. At high school, he played bass guitar in a band he formed with his brother, Joris. In the late 1960s, he joined Sabda Nada (later Gipsy), a band led by his neighbours, the Nasutions. In 1973, after a short hiatus, he rejoined the band to play in New York for a year. He briefly returned to Indonesia and then went back to New York with another band, the Pro's. After once again returning to Indonesia, he collaborated with Gipsy and Guruh Sukarnoputra to record the 1976 indie album Guruh Gipsy. (Full article...)

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Image 1Map of Batavia in 1840. Multiple villas started to appear to the south of the old Batavia. (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 2Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta
Image 3Jabodebek LRT arriving to Jatimulya station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 4The main TV tower of TVRI at its headquarters in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 5Port of Tanjung Priok, the busiest port in Indonesia. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 6Compressed natural gas fuelled Bajaj in Jakarta. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 7Luso-Sundanese padrão, a monument commemorating a treaty between the Portuguese Empire and the Sunda Kingdom (from Jakarta)
Image 8Transjakarta buses use separate lanes to avoid congested roads, and it has the world's longest bus rapid transit routes. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 9Sketch of the Japanese entry into Batavia (from History of Jakarta)
Image 10The Jakarta International Stadium in northern Jakarta. With a seating capacity of 82,000, it is Indonesia's biggest stadium. (from Jakarta)
Image 11A skybridge at CSW-ASEAN TOD (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 12Jakarta pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists take over the main avenue during Car-Free Day (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 13Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of IV Asian Games shown in 1962 Indonesian stamp (from History of Jakarta)
Image 14Sukarno reading the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur No. 56, Menteng (from Jakarta)
Image 15A train HSR KCIC400AF stopped at Halim station connecting Jakarta and Bandung (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 162019 Indonesian protests and riots (from History of Jakarta)
Image 17The headquarters of Polda Metro Jaya (from Jakarta)
Image 18Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia (from Jakarta)
Image 19The Nieuwe Poort in Batavia, 1682 (from Jakarta)
Image 201960s saw the boom of the informal becak. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 21Jayakarta in 1605, prior to the establishment of Batavia (from History of Jakarta)
Image 22December 2016 Jakarta protests (from History of Jakarta)
Image 23Grand Indonesia shopping mall (from Jakarta)
Image 24Ancol beach in Jakarta Bay (from Jakarta)
Image 25Batavia in 1682 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 26Rumah Kebaya built with Betawi architecture at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (from Jakarta)
Image 27Map of Jakarta's administrative cities, with the Thousand Islands Regency shown in a lower-left inset. (from Jakarta)
Image 28Toyota Avanza taxi, operated by Blue Bird. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 29A map of Batavia (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 30The Jakarta City Hall (from Jakarta)
Image 31A Metrotrans bus at Senayan (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 32Betawi people, considered an ethnic group native to Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 33Ragunan Zoo, one of Jakarta's major green and recreational areas (from Jakarta)
Image 34The Istiqlal Mosque was one of the many delayed projects of Sukarno in Jakarta. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 35Mikrotrans microbus (angkot) operated by Transjakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 36Pulau Bidadari, part of the Thousand Islands north of Jakarta's coast (from Jakarta)
Image 37Jayakarta 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 38Drizzle in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 39Map of Batavia in 1897 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 40Jakarta MRT train leaving Haji Nawi station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 41Glodok commercial area. The area of Kota and Glodok remained Jakarta's central business and banking district during the 1950s. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 42Map of Batavia in 1897 (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 43Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar sealing the Sunda–Portuguese treaty, Indonesian National Museum, Jakarta (from History of Jakarta)
Image 44Jakarta LRT at Boulevard Utara station. (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 45Ondel-ondel, a large traditional puppet, is an icon of Jakarta and a symbol of Betawi culture (from Jakarta)
Image 46A KRL Commuterline arriving in Kampung Bandan station (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 47Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Aerial view (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 48The 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 49Soto Betawi, a popular variant of soto in the Jakarta area (from Jakarta)
Image 50Gowes bike sharing station at Bundaran HI, Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 51A sign encouraging development in East Jakarta written in the Betawi language (from Jakarta)
Image 52Argo Bromo Anggrek, a non-stop train connecting Jakarta and Surabaya (from Transport in Jakarta)
Image 53The Sudirman Central Business District is a prominent business centre in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 54Image of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies in what is now North Jakarta, circa 1780 (from History of Jakarta)
Image 55Part of Jakarta Inner Ring Road or Jalan Tol Lingkar Dalam Jakarta in Kuningan, South Jakarta (from Transport in Jakarta)

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