ˡ Jakarta is not part of any province, it is controlled directly under the government and is designated aSpecial Capital Territory
Jakarta, offeecially theSpecial Caipital Territory o Jakarta, is the caipital an lairgest ceety oIndonesie. Locatit on the northwast coast o the island oJava, it haes an area o 661.52 square kilometers an a population o 9,580,000 (2010).
It is themaist populous city in Indonesie an inSootheast Asie, an is thetwalt-lairgest ceety in the warld. The metropolitan area,Jabodetabek, is theseicont maistmuckle in the warld. Jakarta is leetit as aglobal city in the 2008 Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) research.[3] The ceety's name is derived frae theAuld Javanese wird "Jayakarta" which translates as "victorious deed", "complete act", or "complete victory".
Established in the fowert century, the ceety became an important tradin port for theKinrick o Sunda. It grew as the caipital o the colonialDutch East Indies. It wis made caipital o Indonesie when the kintra became independent efterWarld War II. It wis umwhile kent asSunda Kelapa (397–1527),Jayakarta (1527–1619),Batavia (1619–1942), anDjakarta (1942–1972).
↑"Data Jumlah Penduduk DKI Jakarta".Jakarta Open Data. Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta, Dinas Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil. 2014. Archived fraethe original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved5 December 2015.
