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Jakarta is the main financial hub and largest city of Indonesia, harbouring 10 million inhabitants, one-third of the population of Greater Jakarta.It is estimated that over four million residents of the surrounding Greater Jakarta area commute to and from the city each working day.
The Greater Jakarta Integrated Mass Transit System is an integrated transport network that primarily serves the area of Jakarta metropolitan area and surrounding areas. The system commenced operations in December 2011 with the introduction of commuter rail service on the existing rail between Jakarta and satellite cities.
Year Date Event 200 BCE "Dvipantara" or "Yawadvipa", a mystic Hindu kingdom is mentioned in India's earliest epic, the Ramayana; Sugriva, the chief of Rama's army dispatched his men to Yawadvipa in search of Sita then later used by the Indianized islander of Java Island and kingdom of Portugal to name the island during the age of discovery.
Population density of Java and Madura by subdistrict as of 2022, with major urban areas shown. Among the inhabitants, approximately 10.68 million lived in Jakarta Special Capital Region according to the mid-2022 official estimates; about 9.09 million in the five cities of Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, Tangerang and South Tangerang; and about 12.13 million in the three regencies (Bekasi Regency, Bogor ...
The first horse tram in Batavia was operated by Bataviasche Tramweg Maatschappij (BTM, Batavia Tramways Company). The horse tram line was inaugurated on 20 April 1869, long before trams existed in the Netherlands- using a gauge width of 1,188 mm (3 ft 10 + 25 ⁄ 32 in), connecting Batavia Old Town with Weltevreden.
The history of Indonesia has been shaped by its geographic position, natural resources, a series of human migrations and contacts, wars and conquests, as well as by trade, economics and politics. Indonesia is an archipelagic country of 17,000 to 18,000 islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia and Oceania .
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The proposed LRT system in Jakarta was initially conceived as an alternative to the suspended Jakarta Monorail construction project. The suspension of the monorail project was due to the objection of the Governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, to the construction of the monorail depot above the Setiabudi Reservoir.