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The city was renamed Jakarta (officially ジャカルタ特別市 Jakaruta tokubetsu-shi, Special Municipality of Jakarta, in accordance with the special status that was assigned to the city). To strengthen its position in Indonesia, the Japanese government issued Act No. 42 1942 as part of the "Restoration of the Regional Administration System".
1928 – Persija Jakarta football club founded. 1930 – Population: 533,000. [2] ... Central Jakarta (Culturally Considered Part of South Jakarta), opens.
The Thousand Islands, which are administratively a part of Jakarta, are located in Jakarta Bay, north of the city. Jakarta lies in a low and flat alluvial plain, ranging from −2 to 91 m (−7 to 299 ft) with an average elevation of 8 m (26 ft) above sea level with historically extensive swampy areas.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jakarta: Jakarta – capital and largest city of Indonesia . Located on the northwest coast of the world's most populous island Java , it is the centre of economics, culture and politics of Indonesia.
The plan is part of a strategy to reduce developmental inequality between Java and other islands in the Indonesian archipelago and to reduce Jakarta's burden as Indonesia's primary hub. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In August 2019, the government announced that while the capital will be moved, $40 billion will be spent on saving Jakarta from sinking in the ...
In 1602, the Dutch parliament awarded the VOC a monopoly on trade and colonial activities in the region at a time before the company controlled any territory in Java. In 1619, the VOC conquered the West Javan city of Jayakarta, where they founded the city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta).
Jakarta's main challenges include rapid urban growth, ecological breakdown, air pollution, gridlocked traffic, congestion, and flooding due to subsidence and water extraction (sea level rise is relative, not absolute). Part of North Jakarta is sinking up to 17 cm (6.7 inches) annually, meanwhile the southern part is relatively safe.
(now Jakarta) Largest city: Soerabaja [1] [2] ... Since centuries BCE the islands were part of migratory and commercial exchange within ... which was founded on ...