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Motto: Jaya Raya (Inonesian): "Prosperous and Great"

Trivia about jakarta

  • The population of this capital grew approximately 140% between 1975 & 1995, to its present 11 million
  • In 1949 Indonesia became independent & Batavia became this capital city
  • Government buildings are found around Medan Merdeka, or Freedom Square, in this capital
  • Canberra,Wellington,Jakarta
  • In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center
  • This capital lies at the mouth of the Liwung River, on the northwest coast of Java
  • A 1948 Dutch truce with Indonesia was signed on a ship off this city, then called Batavia
  • In 1602, the hdqtrs. for the Dutch East India Co. was Batavia, now called this, Indonesia's capital
  • Built for the Asian Games in 1962, the Hotel Indonesia was this city's first high-rise
  • This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River
  • In 1610 the Dutch East India Company built a trading post in this city; 9 years later they named it Batavia
  • In the 1620s the Javanese leader Sultan Agung tried unsuccessfully to capture this capital from the Dutch
  • In 1619 the Dutch East India Company took it over & began rebuilding it in the form of a Dutch city with many canals
  • What was once Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, is today this capital
  • Of Wellington, Canberra or Jakarta, the national capital that is the northernmost
  • This world capital is on the island of Java
  • On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city
  • On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

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