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