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  Travelling to Indonesia (Jakarta)
Jakarta, the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, is a special territory enjoying the status of a province, consisting of Greater Jakarta, covering an area of 637.44 square km.
Jakarta is a city of contrasts; the traditional and the modern, the rich and the poor, the sacral and the worldly, often stand side by side in this bustling metropolis.
Jakarta's zoo is situated in the suburb of Ragunan in the southern part of the city.
www.emp.pdx.edu /htliono/jkt.html   (2576 words)

  
  City Profiles: Jakarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jakarta was occupied by Japanese forces in 1942, and in 1945, after independence, it was chosen as the capital city of Indonesia.
Since the colonial period, Jakarta inhabitants have been engaged in non-agrarian activities and thus depend on imports for 94% of their food supply.
In 1970 the Governor of Jakarta declared the "city closed." This policy continues to take effect, and requires all migrants into the city to produce identification, disclose their destination and guarantee their departure from the city.
www.un.org /cyberschoolbus/habitat/profiles/jakarta.asp   (437 words)

  
  Jakarta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Officially, Jakarta is not a city but a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia and is hence headed by a governor instead of a mayor.
Jakarta, as a province, is divided into five cities (kota) (formerly municipality (kotamadya)) each headed by a mayor (walikota) and one regency headed by a regent (bupati).
The railroad tracks connect Jakarta to its neighboring cities: Depok and Bogor to the south, Tangerang and Serpong to the west, and Bekasi, Karawang, and Cikampek to the east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jakarta   (1697 words)

  
 Jakarta Summary
Jakarta was the center of the Dutch effort to retain control over their former colony during the war of independence that ended with the establishment of Indonesia in 1949.
Officially, Jakarta is not a city but a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia and is hence headed by a governor instead of a mayor.
Jakarta, as a province, is divided into five cities (kota) (formerly municipality (kotamadya)) each headed by a mayor (walikota) and one regency headed by a regent (bupati).
www.bookrags.com /Jakarta   (2505 words)

  
 Jakarta — FactMonster.com
Jakarta is the seat of the Univ. of Indonesia.
From 1811 to 1814, Jakarta was the center of British rule in Java.
Batavia was renamed Jakarta in Dec., 1949, and was proclaimed the capital of newly independent Indonesia.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0825893.html   (338 words)

  
 Jakarta Tourism
Jakarta is the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, a country composed of more than 13,000 islands with a population of over 180 million.
Jakarta is a special territory enjoying the status of a province, consisting of Greater Jakarta, covering of 637.44 square km area.
Jakarta's cultural richness and dynamic growth contribute significantly to its growing importance as one of the world's leading capital cities.
www.indonesia-tourism.com /jakarta/index.html   (913 words)

  
 Jakarta Online
Home to over 10 million people, Jakarta is always bustling, from the sound of the wheel of government turning to the sight of the economy churning.
Jakarta - a city of stunning contrast from the big city excitement and..
The charm of Le Meridien Jakarta may be explained by it's subtle..
www.indo.com /Indonesia/Jakarta   (241 words)

  
 HOTELS RESORTS TRAVEL LEISURE TOURS JAKARTA INDONESIA
Jakarta is also the centre of activities for the whole of Indonesia.
Jakarta offers a blend of sophisticated western nightlife and an introduction to the amazing variety of traditional Indonesian music, dance and cultural arts.
Jakarta is conveniently linked with other major cities and provinces of Indonesia by land, sea and air transportation.
www.asiatravel.com /jakainfo.html   (1775 words)

  
 Jakarta travel guide - Wikitravel
Jakarta [1] is the capital of Indonesia, located on the northwest part of Java.
Jakarta Kota station is located in the old part of the city, and serves as the departure point for commuter trains and some trains to Merak.
Jakarta's most (in)famous nightlife district is Blok M in South Jakarta, or more specifically the single lane of Jl.
www.wikitravel.org /en/Jakarta   (6740 words)

  
 Jakarta Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Jakarta pulses with vibrant contrasts and crazy, crazy traffic.
Consider Jakarta the 'big durian' - the foul-smelling exotic fruit that some can't stomach and others can't resist.
Bluelist it › If you want your list to be considered for the Jakarta book, use the keyword 'highlight'.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/indonesia/jakarta   (245 words)

  
 Jakarta officials failed to give tsunami warning | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP Officials in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, failed to issue a tsunami warning despite receiving data about Monday's earthquake 20 minutes before the first wave struck the island of Java.
One official told the Guardian they were too busy monitoring the aftershocks of the 7.7-magnitude quake that triggered the tsunami to raise the alarm.
A total of 89 were reported killed in Cilacap, 25 miles to the east, more than 40 in Tasikmalaya district and the rest in other beachfront villages.
www.guardian.co.uk /indonesia/Story/0,,1823893,00.html   (724 words)

  
 The Jakarta Site - The Jakarta Project -- Java Related Products
The Jakarta Project offers a diverse set of open source Java solutions and is a part of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) which encourages a collaborative, consensus-based development process under an open software license.
Jakarta is organized into subprojects, summarized in the section below.
The ASF contains other Java projects, some of which were a part of Jakarta, that are detailed on the ASF Project page.
jakarta.apache.org   (450 words)

  
 Jakarta Blast That Killed 9 Blamed on Muslim Extremists (washingtonpost.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 9 -- Investigators blamed Muslim extremists linked to al Qaeda for a car bombing at the Australian Embassy on Thursday that killed at least nine people and injured more than 150, as it flattened vehicles and shattered windows in a portion of the capital's modern business district.
The morning explosion, said by police to be a suicide attack, crushed the embassy's high metal gate and blew out windows in a dozen nearby corporate office towers along Rasuna Said Boulevard.
Indonesian workers look through the shattered windows of a building in Jakarta's modern business district, much of which was damaged in the bombing.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A7567-2004Sep9.html   (642 words)

  
 Jakarta travel guide
Jakarta has been in the news quite often lately, but certainly not for the tourist sights.
However, Jakarta is one of the most exciting night-life cities in the world.
Although Jakarta itself doesn't have many "sights" to offer, it is the lively commercial centre of Java.
www.world66.com /asia/southeastasia/indonesia/java/jakarta   (259 words)

  
 HttpClient - HttpClient Home
The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component seeks to fill this void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich package implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards and recommendations.
HttpClient was started in 2001 as a subproject of the Jakarta Commons, based on code developed by the Jakarta Slide project.
In 2005, the HttpComponents project at Jakarta was created, with the task of developing a successor to HttpClient 3.x and to maintain the existing codebase until the new one is ready to take over.
jakarta.apache.org /commons/httpclient   (318 words)

  
 Blast rocks Aussie embassy in Jakarta; 7 dead
An injured person is evacuated from the Australian embassy in Jakarta after a bomb blast in Jakarta on September 9, 2004.
Officials at hospitals in Jakarta's confirmed seven fatalities from Thursday's blast and at least 99 injured.
Witnesses said a police truck and a taxi in front of the embassy had been blown apart and the high steel fence surrounding the building in the Kuningan business and residential district was damaged.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-09/09/content_373130.htm   (691 words)

  
 Man injured after detonating explosive at Jakarta restaurant. 11/11/2006. ABC News Online
Indonesian police say there was at least one explosion at an American-themed restaurant in the Indonesian capital Jakarta at lunchtime today.
The only person injured was the man who had been carrying the small bomb in a plastic bag.
He was assisted by waiters who served him hot tea and it was then he detonated an explosive device carried in a fl plastic bag.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200611/s1786392.htm   (203 words)

  
 Zionists Nuke The Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia
Hard proof is hard proof, and this particular proof that the New Zion deliberately attacked its own subordinate Australian citizens in Jakarta, underlines and proves its wider agenda of undermining the Muslim nations and stealing their oil reserves by way of false-flag terrorist operations.
So much so, that by the time of the third Indonesian micro nuke outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, western media editors were ordered not to show any pictures of the crater at all.
This grainy still from the video is provided for those who may be vision impaired, but who still want a basic idea of how the fl car and security guards in the foreground managed to survive a blast which completely destroyed reinforced laminated glass windows 500 yards away.
www.vialls.com /myahudi/embassynuke.html   (2662 words)

  
 Alila Hotels & Resorts
Conceived as a haven of relaxation and contemporary style, Alila Jakarta offers a cool, modern retreat for young urbanites and executives.
This concept sets a trend for the city and is in keeping with the emergent energy of Jakarta.
Aside from Alila Jakarta in-room amenities, the hotel facilities are expectedly extensive.
www.alilahotels.com /jakarta   (166 words)

  
 Mystery blasts leave Jakarta police baffled - War on Terror - www.theage.com.au
Suspect Hasan, centre, participates in a re-enactment of the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta yesterday.
Several loud blasts were heard in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and two nearby towns early yesterday, but police said they had found no evidence of bombs.
One caller to El Shinta from Bogor, south of Jakarta, reported seeing a large object, suspected to be a meteor, hit the earth in the distance.
www.theage.com.au /news/War-on-Terror/Mystery-blasts-leave-Jakarta-police-baffled/2004/12/19/1103391638584.html?from=moreStories   (583 words)

  
 The History of Jakarta
Jakarta, the capital of the nation, has a fascinating history.
The original location of the stone suggests that the coastline in the early 16th century formed a nearly straight line, which is marked by the present of Nelayan Street, some 400 meters south to the Lookout Tower.
There were no remains of Jakarta except for the Padrao stone now stored at the National Museum in Jakarta.
www.indonesia-tourism.com /jakarta/history.html   (1244 words)

  
 www.indobiz.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Officials in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, failed to issue a tsunami warning despite receiving data about Monday's earthquake 20 minutes before the first wave struck the island of Java.
One official told the Guardian they were too busy monitoring the aftershocks of the 7.7-magnitude quake that triggered the tsunami to raise the alarm.
An official of national airline Garuda Indonesia has received a death threat for his role in exposing the alleged embezzlement of at least Rp42 billion ($4.6 million) from the ailing state carrier.
www.indobiz.com /news_fin.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Scarlet Blaze » Blog Archive » Jakarta 1.5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I chose the name Jakarta because I was born there.
Jakarta was inspired by many themes I found on Internet.
I’m only asking you about it because the only other user on the Forum that I could find who also had this problem was using the Jakarta theme as well.
www.scarletblaze.com /wp/?p=3   (1251 words)

  
 Images of Indonesia
This is a scene in the center of Jakarta, just west of Jalan Thamrin.
The center of the city has rows and rows of high-rises, but just next door there are regular neighborhoods with red-tiled roofs, warungs, and neighborhood mosques.
This is Jalan Thamrin, the main route through the heart of Jakarta.
www.gimonca.com /indonesia/jakarta.html   (315 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Jakarta seeks access to Hambali
Since then, Jakarta has had no access to him or news of his whereabouts.
He is one of 14 key terror suspects President Bush confirmed the US was holding when he admitted the existence of secret CIA prisons on Wednesday.
Intelligence officials accuse him of planning the first Bali bombing in 2002, in which 202 people died, and raising funds from al-Qaeda for the 2003 attack on the Marriott hotel in Jakarta, which killed 12.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5326814.stm   (331 words)

  
 ONJava.com -- Using the Jakarta Commons, Part 1
The Jakarta Commons is a Jakarta subproject that creates and maintains independent packages unrelated to any other framework or product.
The former is a subproject of the top-level Jakarta Project, and the subject of this article.
Furthermore, Jakarta Commons is solely based on the Java language.
www.onjava.com /pub/a/onjava/2003/06/25/commons.html   (1386 words)

  
 Current local time in Jakarta - Java - Indonesia
Make a Personal World Clock and include Jakarta
When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Jakarta?
Show time difference between Jakarta time and other time zones
www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=108   (237 words)

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