Jakarta Special Capital Region
Jakarta is Indonesia's capital and largest city, with about 10 million inhabitants, and a total 41.9 million in Greater Jakarta on the Java island, making it the largest city in Southeast Asia and, by some measures, the largest city in the world.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gelora Bung Karno Stadium and Monas Park.
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Central Jakarta, Indonesia.
Monas Park
Park
Photo: Ramayoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merdeka Square is a large square located in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia. Measuring approximately one square kilometer in area, if the surrounding fields within the Merdeka Square are included, it is considered one of the largest squares in the world.
National Library of the Republic of Indonesia
Library
Photo: Meursault2004, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia is the legal deposit library of Indonesia. It is located at Gambir, on the south side of Merdeka Square, Jakarta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Jakarta and South Jakarta.
Central Jakarta
Central Jakarta acts as the commercial and business district of Jakarta. By day the many office buildings are filled with workers; by night, people stream into the shopping malls.
South Jakarta
Photo: Robin Widjaja, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Jakarta is one of the municipalities of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, known for its upscale residential areas and shopping malls, and a part of the city's business district with tall office buildings and wide boulevards.
Jakarta Special Capital Region
- Also known as: “Daerah Chusus Ibukota Djakarta Raya”, “Daerah Khusus Ibokota Jakarta”, “Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta Raya”, “Greater Djakarta”, “Jakarta”, “Jakarta Raya”, “Kotapradja Djakarta-Raja”, and “Propinsi DKI Jakarta”
- Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.2° or 6° 12′ southLongitude
106.8333° or 106° 50′ eastPopulation
10,600,000Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
6P58QRXM+X8GeoNames ID
1642907
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Jakarta Special Capital Region” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ጃካርታ”
- Azerbaijani: “Cakarta”
- Bengali: “জাকার্তা”
- French: “Jakarta”
- German: “Jakarta”
- Hausa: “Jakarta”
- Indonesian: “Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta”
- Indonesian: “Jakarta”
- Japanese: “ジャカルタ”
- Javanese: “Jakarta”
- Kazakh: “Джакарта”
- Kirghiz: “Джакарта”
- Malay: “Jakarta”
- Oromo: “Jakaartaa”
- Panjabi: “ਜਕਾਰਤਾ”
- Persian: “جاکارتا”
- Portuguese: “Jacarta”
- Pushto: “جکارتہ”
- Somali: “Jakaarta”
- Spanish: “Yakarta”
- Swahili: “Jakarta”
- Tajik: “Ҷакарта”
- Tatar: “Джакарта”
- Uzbek: “Djakarta”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Menteng and Guntur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stasiun Cikini and DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jakarta - Diponegoro.
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