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The Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) is the capital city of the country and largest city in Indonesia. Jakarta is the only city in Indonesia that has a provincial level status. Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of Java Island. Formerly once known by several names among them Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, and Batavia. In the international world Jakarta also has the nickname J-Town, [9] or more popularly The Big Durian because it is considered comparable city of New York City (Big Apple) in Indonesia. [1] [2]

Jakarta has an area of ​​about 661.52 km² (oceans: 6,977.5 km²), with a population of 10,187,595 inhabitants (2011). The metropolitan area of ​​Jakarta (Jabodetabek) with a population of about 28 million people, [8] is the largest metropolitan in Southeast Asia or second in the world.

As a business center, politics and culture, Jakarta is home to the headquarters of state-owned enterprises, private companies and foreign companies. The city is also the seat of government institutions and the ASEAN secretariat office. Jakarta is served by two airports, namely Soekarno-Hatta Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, and three seaports in Tanjung Priok, Sunda Kelapa and Ancol.