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Jakarta, known as Djakarta or DKI Jakarta, is the capital city of Indonesia, located on the island of Java. It has an area of 650 kmē and a population of 8.3 million ( As of 2000) [1].
Map of Jakarta (note that the regency of Thousand Islands located in northern Jakarta is not included in the map)
Jakarta, founded in the 15th century, began as a small harbor city located near the mouth of the Ciliwung river. Prior to this, several European writers reported a settlement called Kalapa. It was a major port for the Hindish kingdom of Sunda , with its capital Kalapa , about 40km to the south of Kalapa, near the modern city of Bogor. The Portuguese were reported to be the first Europeans to visit the port of Kalapa. The port is still called Sunda Kelapa today.
The city was attacked by a young warrior Fatahillah (or Faletehan) from a nearby kingdom. Fatahillah changed the name Kalapa into Jayakarta on 22 June 1527. This particular date is regarded as the official birth date of Jakarta. The Dutch came to Jayakarta at the end of the 16th century. In 1619 the forces of the Dutch East India Company, led by Jan Pieterszoon CoenJan Pieterszoon Coen ( 8 January 1587 21 September 1629) was an officer of Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General in the Dutch East Indies. He was long considered a national hero in the N, conquered the city and renamed Jayakarta to BataviaBatavia is a Latin name used for the Netherlands, derived from the Batavii tribe. See also Batavian Republic. Batavia is also the Latin name of the German city Passau. Batavia was the name of the settlement by the Dutch East India Company at Java island., the RomanRoman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens but also applicable to typography math and a commune''. Roman The noun Roman means a citizen of Rome. The adjective Roman means pertaining or related to Rome. The name Romans in name for Holland. Batavia was the capital of the colonial Dutch East IndiesThe Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, ( Dutch: Nederlands Indi was the name of the colonies colonised by the Dutch East India Company which came under administration of the Netherlands during the ninteenth century (see Indonesia). Starting in until the Dutch were forced from Indonesia during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
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