Jakarta

**Jakarta**, officially the **Special Capital Region of Jakarta** (), is the largest and the capital city of Indonesia. It is on the northwest coast of the island of Java, it has an area of 661.52 km² and a population of 10,562,088 as of 2020. Jakarta has been established for more than 490 years. It is the ninth most dense city in the world with 15,900 people per km².

Jakarta's first name was Sunda Kelapa. Before the Dutch came, it was renamed to Jayakarta, starting in 1527. In 1619 the Dutch renamed the city Batavia. It was called Jakarta by the Japanese during World War 2.

Jakarta has a tropical monsoon climate (Am in the Köppen climate classification).

Jakarta's challenges include rapid urban growth and flooding. Additionally, Jakarta is sinking up to 17 cm (6.7 inches) per year. It is also one of the fastest-sinking capitals in the world. In 2019, President Joko Widodo said that the capital would be moved to East Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo. On 18 January 2022, the Parliament of Indonesia approved a bill to change the country's capital from Jakarta to Nusantara.

## Other websites

- Official website
- Jakarta Official Travel Website
- An Account of Exploring Jakarta by Bicycle

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Jakarta
- **official name**: Special Capital Region of Jakarta

- **settlement type**: Capital districts and territories, Special Capital Region
- **image caption**: From top, left to right: Jakarta Old Town, Hotel Indonesia, Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, Jakarta Skyline, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, National Monument (Indonesia), Monumen Nasional, Merdeka Palace, Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Istiqlal Mosque and Jakarta Cathedral
- **image shield**: Jakarta COA.svg
- **image flag**: Flag of Jakarta (vectorised).svg
- **image blank emblem**: +Jakarta Logo.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Wordmark
- **blank emblem size**: 130px
- **seal alt**: Provincial emblem
- **nickname**: Durian, The Big Durian, J-Town
- **motto**: _Jaya Raya_ (Sanskrit language, Sanskrit)
(meaning: _Victorious and Great_)
- **map caption1**: Location of Jakarta in Indonesia
- **pushpin map**: Indonesia Java#Indonesia#Asia
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Java and Indonesia
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: 397 AD
- **established title2**: As Jayakarta
- **established date2**: 22 June 1527
- **established title3**: As Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia
- **established date3**: 4 March 1621
- **established title4**: As Jakarta
- **established date4**: 8 August 1942
- **established title5**: As DKI
- **established date5**: 28 August 1961
- **government type**: Administrative divisions of Indonesia, Special administrative area
- **leader title**: List of Governors of Jakarta, Governor
- **leader name**: Pramono Agung
- **area total km2**: 661.5
- **area metro km2**: 6392
- **area rank**: Provinces of Indonesia, 34th
- **elevation m**: 8
- **elevation ft**: 26
- **population total**: 10,562,088
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population density km2**: 15,906.5
- **population metro**: 33,430,285
- **population density metro km2**: 4,733
- **population rank**: Provinces of Indonesia, 6th
- **population demonyms**: Jakartan,
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in Indonesia, Postal Code
- **postal code**: 1xxx0
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Indonesia, Area code
- **area code**: (+62) 21
- **registration plate**: Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia, B
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **blank info sec1**: 0.801()
- **blank1 name sec1**: HDI rank
- **blank1 info sec1**: List of Indonesian provinces by Human Development Index, 1st (2017)
- **website**: [http://www.jakarta.go.id/ jakarta.go.id]
- **leader title1**: Deputy Governor
- **leader name1**: Rano Karno
- **leader title2**: Legislative
- **leader name2**: Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council
- **timezone**: Time in Indonesia, Indonesia Western Time
- **utc offset**: +7
- **blank2 name**: Purchasing Power Parity, GDP PPP (2016)
- **blank2 info**: $483.4 billion
- **blank3 name**: Police
- **blank3 info**: Jakarta Regional Metropolitan Police, Polda Metro Jaya