FLASH OF JAKARTA

As an Indonesian, of course, we all know Jakarta as the capital of this country. The city of 12 million people is the target population from all over Indonesia to earn a living. They tend to make Jakarta as a field looking for work by considering the salary income is greater than in the other provinces in Indonesia. This is understandable in view of Jakarta is a metropolitan city that is growing very fast.

In the outdoor site www.skyscrapercity.com even put capital Jakarta into 50 major cities with the highest costs! Site specializing www.city-infos.com provide information regarding the cities of Jakarta's put into the 50 best cities of the world. In 2011, the author Skyscraper Cities by Egbert Gramsbergen and Paul Kazmierczak put Jakarta into the 25 best cities in the world based on the category of the growing amount of skyscrapers are growing slowly but fast.

Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta, Jakarta Raya) is the capital city of Indonesia. Jakarta is the only city in Indonesia that has province-level status. Jakarta is located in the northwestern part of the island of Java. Was once known as Sunda Kelapa (before 1527), Jayakarta (1527-1619), Batavia, or Jacatra (1619-1942), and Djakarta (1942-1972). Jakarta metropolitan area (Greater) with a population of around 23 million inhabitants, is the largest metropolis in Indonesia or a sixth of the world.

Jakarta is located in the north of the island of Java, at the mouth of the Ciliwung, Jakarta Bay. Jakarta is located in the lowlands at an average height of 8 meters above sea level. This resulted in Jakarta is often flooded. South of Jakarta is a mountainous area with high rainfall. Jakarta crossed by 13 rivers that everything boils down to the Bay of Jakarta. The most important is the Ciliwung River, which divides the city into two. East and south of Jakarta borders the provinces of West Java and on the west by the province of Banten. Thousand Islands is an administrative district located in Jakarta Bay. Approximately 105 islands located 45 km (28 miles) north of the city.

Jakarta has a hot air temperature and dry or tropical climates. Located in the western part of Indonesia, Jakarta experienced the peak of the rainy season in January and February with an average rainfall of 350 millimeters with an average temperature of 27 ° C. Rainfall between the months of January and early February so high, that's when Jakarta flooded every year, and the peak of the dry season in August with an average rainfall of 60 millimeters. In September and early October are the days that are very hot in Jakata, temperatures can reach 40 ° C. The average annual temperature ranges between 25 ° -38 ° C (77 ° -100 ° F).

Aside from being the center of government, Jakarta is also a financial and business center. In addition to Bank Indonesia and the Indonesian Stock Exchange, the headquarters of many national companies located in Jakarta. Currently, more than 70% of state money, circulating in Jakarta. Jakarta is one of the cities in Asia with the middle class is large enough. In 2009, 13% of Jakarta income above US $ 10,000. This amount, putting Jakarta parallel with Singapore, Shanghai, and Mumbai.

Jakarta is a popular urbanization of various races in the world and the various ethnic groups in Indonesia, it is necessary for the communication language used in trade in the past, namely the Malay language. The natives who speak Sundanese finally use the Malay language.

Graph the relative distribution of religious people in Jakarta in 2005.Agama embraced by residents of Jakarta vary. According to data from the city government in 2005, the composition of religious adherents in the city are as follows: Islam 84.4%, Protestant 6.2%, Catholic 5.7%, 1.2% Hindu, 3.5% Buddhist.