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Jakarta

South-eastern Asia

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, holding administrative status equivalent to a province on the northwestern coast of Java. The city itself covers about 662 square kilometres, while the wider Jakarta metropolitan area, Jabodetabek, is the most populous urban area in the world with a population of over 40 million. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
11,010,514 1
Mid-2025 estimate from the Jakarta Population and Civil Registration Office, cited on the infobox as of 2025.
Area (sq km)
662 1
Founding Year
1527 1
Refers to the site's renaming as Jayakarta in 1527; the settlement, as Sunda Kelapa, is attested earlier in the same section.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
8 1
Latitude
6.18 degrees south 1
Longitude
106.83 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+07:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Indonesia, Countries

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital.

Source Jakarta (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Indonesia, Countries

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital.

Source Jakarta (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

How Jakarta's centre drifted south from a silting canal town, Articles
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Origin Of

Kue rangi

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Source Kue rangi (source article)Lead sentence [origin-region]
Quote, Lead sentence [origin-region]
It is one of the traditional Betawi snack of Jakarta.
Mie kangkung

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Source Mie kangkung (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph [in-cuisine]
Quote, Lead paragraph [in-cuisine]
It is a specialty of Betawi cuisine, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Roti buaya

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Source Roti buaya (Wikipedia)History
Quote, History
Bread and pastry-making was introduced by Europeans that settled in Batavia (Jakarta)
Sate taichan

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Source Sate taichan (Wikipedia)History, origin accounts
Quote, History, origin accounts
in the Senayan, Jakarta, around 2012

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Aneta (news agency)

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Astra Daihatsu Motor

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Quote, Infobox: hq_location
Sunter, Jakarta
Bank Central Asia

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Batik Air

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Pertamina

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PT Bumi Resources Tbk

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TVRI

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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PEFINDO

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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Constitutional Court of Indonesia

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Supreme Court of Indonesia

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Sources
1. Jakarta (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with administrative status equivalent to a province.
  • Infobox: population_total
    11,010,514
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2025
  • Lead section
    Jakarta itself covers about 662 square kilometres (256 square miles), but the wider Jakarta metropolitan area-locally known as Jabodetabek-is among the largest urban agglomerations in the world by area.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    8 m
  • Infobox coordinates
    106.83
  • History section
    In 1527, the settlement was renamed Jayakarta after being captured by forces of the Demak Sultanate.
  • Capital Of: Indonesia, Lead section, capital fact
    Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with administrative status equivalent to a province.
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2. GeoNames: Jakarta - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1642911
    -6.21462 106.84513 P PPLC ID 04 8540121 16 Asia/Jakarta
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 16 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, 106.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, 106.75
-6.25 106.75 Af
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Wikidata: Jakarta
  • Wikidata Q3630, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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