Jakarta is the capital city of
the Republic Indonesia, a country consisting of 17,000 islands with a population
of 200 million people as a forum for the union of around 300 ethnic groups
speaking 200 languages in each region of Indonesia to show a unity
in diversity in indigenous language and
culture. As the capital city of Jakarta is really a melting pot of
representatives throughout the Indonesian archipelago.
Jakarta is the fabric of a vibrant community of
various cultural, economic and political nation giving an overview of economic
developments never interrupted throughout more than 30 years. Jakarta is home
to research institutions, educational and cultural institutions, and in
particular the member services nationally and regionally.
Strategically located at the western end
of the island of Java, Jakarta is the main gateway into Indonesia, from Jakarta
means of transportation- land air and sea- available with the purposes to various
regions in the archipelago.
Past several decades Jakarta definitely
evolves as one of the metropolitan city highly respected in the Asian region,
with the current population of more than 9 million inhabitants Jakarta has been
progressing very fast.
History
Understanding the history of Jakarta, you at least must
retrace a period in the 14th century when it began as a small port for the
kingdom of Hindu- Padjadjaran -at the estuary of the Ciliwung River. In the course of
searching for spice island explorers Portuguese were then known as the nation's
first European to come to the land of the archipelago. they then built a
settlement in the early 16th century.
The old port was attacked and destroyed by
the nearest empire under the leadership of Prince Fatahilah. In the attack,
naval power of Portuguese was successfully immobilized and destroyed, Prince Fatahilah
then changed the name of the port of Sunda Kelapa into Jayakarta meaning
"Victory" commemorating the victory of the Hindu kingdom and their
European supporters, according to historians the incident occurred on 22 June
1527, the date then set and commemorated as the day of city birth of Jakarta.
At the end of the 16th century, came a
group of Dutch merchants who cooperates with the European who made history of
Jakarta and Indonesia as a country for about 350 years. under the aggressive
leadership from Jan Piterjoon Coen duct Dutch trading company east india
Company (VOC) to pressure and coercion to gain recognition as the owner
jayakarta city by changing its name to Batavia on tahun1619 since that time
began to regulate VOC Indonesia for nearly 3.5 centuries preceded and mastery
of Japanese arrivals to the territory of Indonesia between 1942-1945 on August
17, 1945 the first Indonesian president Soekarno proclaimed the independence of
Indonesia who subsequently settled the jakarta as the capital of the State.
Geographical Position
Jakarta is located in the vast plains in the north coast of western Java,
covering an area of about 650 square kilometers in height ranging from 5 to 50
meters above sea level about 13 main channels water flow in the area and ended
up in the bay jakarta jakarta.
Jakarta limited by the Java Sea in the
north, on the east by Bekasi on the south side is bordered by Depok City (province
of West Java) and the west side is bordered by Tangerang City (Banten province) bordering Jakarta becomes rapidly growing because most workers work who
work in the area jakarta many settled in the region, the region makes
jakarta seems to be more widespread and became known as the welcome jabodetabek
Bogor or Jakarta Tangerang Bekasi.
Climate
Located near the track of the equator, Jakarta is the region's hot with
high humidity throughout the year, the rainy season is long to arrive between
late October to early May with ketingian rainfall average ranges from 1791 mm,
the rain sometimes fell extremely dense in the moment but even in the rainy
season, it rained every day, occasional rain also fell during the dry season in
the range july and september.
Humidity at noon until late is on average about
70%, but the highest is in the morning. temperatures are within normal limits
throughout the year with an average ranging between 25-30 Celsius Degrees, jakarta is
in stable condition with 12 hours of daylight throughout the year with sunny
skies during the dry season and the sun shines brighter in the morning.
People and Culture
Jakarta residents were mostly from the
area of Java and quite a lot also come from other islands such as Sumatra, Bali
and Sulawesi. some of which came from the eastern Indonesian region, namely the
provinces of Papua and Kalimantan, which is the origin of the Dayak community, known as the world's largest tropical forest. Besides there are also
people mix, as well as with strangers, who then gave birth to a group then
known as Batavia.
Jakarta has a distinctive culture called Betawi culture,
which until now withstand the impact of foreign cultures into the territory of Jakarta for centuries. But in the long process of mixing a unique and
distinctive with other Culture of the Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese and
Dutch who then formed the diversity of Betawi with real word is derived from the
Batavia which is the name of the old city during the Dutch administration.
Civil life of Betawi in Jakarta is still very
strong with their native culture, among others on wedding celebration with the
sound of the rhythm of music typical of Betawi. At the event of the wedding, the
dress of Betawi shows the influence of other cultures that have entered the area with the dress of the bride has similarities with Chinese fashion with a fringe
covering the face and the pressure of the dominant color using the red color.
Order and trinkets aisle space show the influence of Arabic and Italian.
Jakarta is officially known as the
Special Capital Region of Jakarta (
Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and
most populous city of the
Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta as a metropolitan city is the center of government of the Republic of Indonesia, one of Asia's most prominent metropolitan cities. It was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Djakarta is one of tourist destination in Indonesia.
Strategically located on the west side of Java island, Jakarta is the main gateway to Indonesia archipelago which is equipped with modern transportation, the largest airport (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport), the main harbour (Tanjung Priok) and the biggest train stations (Kota and Gambir) as well as toll roads.
As a metropolitan city, Jakarta has the most comfort and luxurious shopping centers; entertainment places such as a nightlife, bars, Cafes and restaurants; major tourist attraction and recreation places such as
Historical Sites and Buildings e.g. Old City of Jakarta and Sunda Kelapa Harbour,
Museums, National Monument or Tugu Monas, Ragunan Zoo, Indonesia in Miniature Park,
(Taman Mini Indonesia Indah-TMII), Thousand Islands (
Kepulauan Seribu), Jaya Ancol Dreamland and Sea World (Taman Inpian jaya Ancol).
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