Jakarta's main challenges include rapid urban growth, ecological breakdown, gridlocked traffic, congestion, and flooding due to subsidence (sea level rise is relative, not absolute). Jakarta is sinking up to 17 cm (6.7 inches) annually, which has made the city more prone to flooding and one of the fastest-sinking capitals in the world. In response to these challenges, in August 2019, President Joko Widodo announced plans to move the capital from Jakarta to the planned city of Nusantara, in the province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The MPR approved the move on 18 January 2022. (Full article...)
The following are images from various Jakarta-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1Roti buaya, crocodile-shaped bread is often served in festive occasions. (from Jakarta)
Image 2Map of the administrative cities (Kota administratif) in Jakarta province; the Thousand Islands Regency (which is to the north) is shown on in the inset to the lower left. Each administrative city is further divided into districts (Kecamatan). (from Jakarta)
Image 3Jayakarta in 1605 prior the establishment of Batavia. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 31Glodok commercial area. The area of Kota and Glodok remained Jakarta's central business and banking district during the 1950s. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 32SCBD is the Centre Business in Jakarta (from Jakarta)
Image 33Coat of Arms of Batavia during Dutch colonial era, granted in 1930. (from Jakarta)
Image 341960s saw the boom of the informal becak. (from History of Jakarta)
Image 35Ondel-ondel puppets are the mascot of the city and the symbol of Betawi culture. (from Jakarta)
Image 42Jayakarta circa 1605–8, before its complete destruction by the Dutch, showing earlier pre-colonial structures before Batavia was founded (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 43Sukarno reading Proclamation of Indonesian Independence at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur Number 56. (from Jakarta)
Image 69Map of Batavia in 1840. Multiple villas started to appear to the south of the old Batavia. (from Colonial architecture in Jakarta)
Image 70Batavia map of Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara) (from Jakarta)
Did you know (auto-generated)
... that the architect Friedrich Silaban submitted his design for the Istiqlal Mosque pseudonymously in order to conceal his Christian identity?
... that Indonesian politician Gembong Warsono criticized the governor of Jakarta over municipally owned companies, sidewalk use, and imported dumpsters?
... that in 1957, Burhanuddin Harahap's family members travelled from Sumatra to Jakarta, believing that he had died?
... that Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo, a regional councillor in Jakarta, Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber?
... that Tigor Silaban vowed to work far from Jakarta and not to open a private practice?