"Hate traffic, obviously never been to jakarta"
- a wise indonesian
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Jakarta is Indonesia’s economic, cultural and political centre.It is the most populated city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia.It has an estimated population of 10.2 million people and it's growing very rapidly even more than other megacities such as Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Bangkok.
Jakarta is located on the north-west area of the Indonesian island Java. Jakarta is situated very close to the equator with an average daily temperature is 27 during a day, sometimes exceeding 35 in the hot season.
Jakarta has modern, wealthy areas and older, poorer areas.Life in Jakarta is very diverse.Jakarta is also a city of extremes.
While it is a modern city that has many high-rise buildings, modern hotels and apartments, it also has many poor areas where people live in very basic shelters made out of whatever materials they can find.
These poorer parts of the city are known as kampungs. Since Jakarta is such a large city it faces problems such as terrible traffic congestion and a high level of air pollution.
Jakarta is located on the north-west area of the Indonesian island Java. Jakarta is situated very close to the equator with an average daily temperature is 27 during a day, sometimes exceeding 35 in the hot season.
Jakarta has modern, wealthy areas and older, poorer areas.Life in Jakarta is very diverse.Jakarta is also a city of extremes.
While it is a modern city that has many high-rise buildings, modern hotels and apartments, it also has many poor areas where people live in very basic shelters made out of whatever materials they can find.
These poorer parts of the city are known as kampungs. Since Jakarta is such a large city it faces problems such as terrible traffic congestion and a high level of air pollution.