| Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, and | | | | with the economy collapsing and widespread |
| situated on the island of Java. The | | | | belief of governmental corruption, riots took |
| population is approximately 10 million. The | | | | place in Jakarta in which 500 people lost |
| dominant religion in Jakarta is Islam, and | | | | their lives and there still obtains a social |
| the currency used is the Rupiah. The climate | | | | and political tension in the region.So, |
| in Jakarta is very hot and humid. For the six | | | | Jakarta may not be the first choice for the |
| months from April, the temperature will hover | | | | traveller, but in recent years the facilities |
| around 30 degrees Celsius. There is a wet | | | | for the visitor have improved dramatically |
| season from October to February when it is a | | | | and there is no shortage of luxury hotels, |
| little cooler and there is a lot of rain, | | | | good restaurants, shopping and nightlife. Of |
| often torrential.The city of Jakarta was born | | | | course, there is also the diverse |
| in 1527 when a small harbour town called | | | | architecture and the traditional tourist |
| Sundra Kelapa was conquered by Prince | | | | attractions of the city and diversity is the |
| Fatahillah from nearby Cirebon and he renamed | | | | operative word when talking about Jakarta. It |
| his conquest Jakarta, which translates as | | | | is a mix of traditional and modern, rich and |
| Glorious Victory. The city was taken again in | | | | poor. The nations motto is Unity in Diversity |
| 1619 and renamed Batavia only to be fall | | | | and even the local language has two |
| under the control of the Japanese during | | | | varieties: one spoken by older people born |
| World War II, who renamed it Jakarta. Martial | | | | and bred in the city and the other by the |
| law was declared in 1957 and a period of | | | | young and the immigrants. |
| unrest ensued. In the late nineteen nineties, | | | | |