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Jakarta, Indonesia Map highlighting Indonesia in Southeast Asia and Oceania, with its territory shaded in orange and labeled. Surrounding countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia are also labeled. Major bodies of water including the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean are shown, and Jakarta is marked as Indonesia's capital. Jakarta and its metropolitan area Jakarta, Indonesia wayang kulit puppets Jakarta, pre-1949 Muhammadiyah
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Jakarta

national capital, Indonesia
Also known as: Batavia, Djakarta, Jacatra
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Willem Johan Waworoentoe
Professor of Regional and Urban Planning, Bandung Institute of Technology, Java, Indonesia. Rector, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado. Author of Recent Urban Growth in Indonesia and Its Regional Development...
Willem Johan Waworoentoe
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Jakarta, largest city and capital of Indonesia. Jakarta lies on the northwest coast of Java at the mouth of the Ciliwung (Liwung River), on Jakarta Bay (an embayment of the Java Sea). It is coextensive with the metropolitan district of Greater Jakarta (Jakarta Raya) and nearly coextensive with the daerah khusus ibukota (special capital district) of Jakarta—the latter also including a number of small offshore islands in the Java Sea. In 1966, when the city...

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