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Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

Timeline of Events

1621

3.4.1621

Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia.

1991

10.5.1991

An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.

1998

5.13.1998

Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.

2003

8.5.2003

A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.

2004

9.9.2004

2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.