Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of the island of Java, it is the country’s most populous city, with over 10 million people in its metropolitan area. The official metropolitan area, known as Jabodetabek, is the second largest in the world, after Tokyo.
Established in the fourth century as Sunda Kelapa, the city became an important trading port for the Sunda Kingdom. It was renamed Jakarta in 1967 after independence, and became …