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Jakarta
2,715 words, approx. 9 pages
largest city and capital of Indonesia. Coextensive with the metropolitan district of Jakarta Raya, it lies at the mouth of the Ciliwung (Liwung River) on the northwest coast of Java. In 1966, when the city was declared to be a special metropolitan...
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Jakarta Summary
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(2000 pop. 8.4 million). The Indonesian metropolis of Jakarta is situated on the northwest coast of Java and covers a territory of approximately 660 square kilometers. The present Indonesian capital has a history of nearly 500 years. It sprang up...
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Jakarta
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Capital (pop., 2000: city, 8,347,083; 2003 est.: urban agglom., 12,300,000) and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwestern coast of Java, it was founded in 1527 after the sultan of Bantam defeated the Portuguese on the site. The Dutch razed...
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Jakarta Information
4,938 words, approx. 17 pages
Motto: Jaya Raya(Indonesian): "Prosperous and...


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The Washington Post
No Justice in Jakarta
08/27/2002: 896 words, approx. 3 pages
The trials before an ad hoc human rights tribunal in Jakarta of officials implicated in the 1999 crimes in East Timor are not only failing to do justice: They have turned truth on its head and added insult to injury. In February 2000...
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The Economist (US)
Jakarta frenzy. (Jakarta Stock Exchange) (Finance)
08/26/1989: 457 words, approx. 2 pages
Jakarta frenzy INDONESIA has one of the tiniest and newest stockmarkets in Asia. To fund managers briefed to invest in the region, it is also one of the most exciting. Why so speedy an achievement? Because in December 1987 President Suharto's...
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AP News
Jakarta disinfected against disease
2/11/2007: 311 words, approx. 1 pages
Hospitals in Indonesia's flood-hit capital grappled with an influx of children suffering from diarrhea, authorities said Sunday as they fanned out to devastated areas to disinfect against the spread of disease."We are overloaded here," said Caroline Kawinda, a spokeswoman for Koja Hospital, which was treating...
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Floods displace 40,000 in Jakarta
2/3/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages
Floods that have sent some 40,000 people fleeing their homes in the Indonesian capital created more havoc Saturday, with many parts of the city still under neck-high water and authorities warning more rivers may burst their banks.Two days of incessant rain triggered floods Friday in...
 


 

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