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Ja⋅kar⋅ta

[juh-kahr-tuh]
–noun
a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java. 4,576,009.
Formerly, Batavia.
Ja·kar·ta or Dja·kar·ta   (jə-kär'tə)   
The capital and largest city of Indonesia, on the northeast coast of Java. Founded c. 1619 by the Dutch, it became an important center of the Dutch East India Company and was renamed Jakarta after Indonesia became independent in 1949. Population: 8,840,000.
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