Saturday, August 11, 2012

WHERE IS JAKARTA


Indonesia Archipelago
Where is Jakarta? Jakarta is the capital city of a country called Indonesia, a tropical country at the equator line. Indonesia located very strategically between two continents; asia and australia and two oceans: the Pacific Ocean and the Indian ocean, with the coordinates of 6º N - 11º S and 95º E - 141º E. State that in the old day was fight the invaders from the countries of Europe. Indonesia is vast, consisting of thousands of islands, hundreds tribals and hundreds of tribal languages.

Then where is Jakarta? Jakarta is located in the western part of Indonesia, at an island called Java. Located at coordinates 5°19'12"S - 6°23'54"S, 106°22'42"E - 106°58'18"E. Jakarta is also very strategically located in the north of the island of Java. In  the old day , Jakarta became the center of the harbor of the ships that sail to trade on the island of Java, because Jakarta has direct access to the open sea an has a great harbour.

Jakarta Map
Jakarta has a guideline times GMT +7, and in Indonesia there are three guidelines for the time, which is GMT +7, GMT +8 and GMT +9. Area of ​​the city of about 740.3 sq km with a density of about 12.978 inhabitants / sq km. Very solid indeed, and the density is increased at the time of day, because Jakarta is the place to make a living for the residents nearby.

As the central government of Indonesia, in Jakarta, in addition to government buildings, there are also all embassies of the countries in the world. Many large private offices are also based in Jakarta, Indonesia for a business is a lucrative and potentially reap huge profits for the business world. In some places in Indonesia called the oil town: 'the oil underground-the oil on the ground', which mean, there is oil under the ground are very abundant, and on the surface of the land there are palm oil farm as a producer of palm oil.

Jakarta as Indonesia's largest cities, many residents who come from all over the country to denounce his fate in this city. Many people who initially did not have anything, become very large and famous once lived and worked in this city. However, many also failed.

By day Jakarta is very crowded, even at rush hour, almost the entire road will be blocked by jams. In recent years, has developed a mass transport system that aims to minimize the jams, because most of the jams caused by private vehicles which is only filled by the driver of the passenger alone. The young executives in Jakarta prefer driving his own car to go to the office.


Jakarta Views
With its tropical climate, Jakarta will be very hot during the day especially in summer, with temperatures around 33 degrees celcius. However the buildings are already implementing a modern air conditioning systems. Temperature inside the room of the building will be very convenient for people who are in it. Office building with a comfortable Air Conditioner, making people feel at home working on it, they will remain there even at the break, they prefer to order food to eat at the office, rather than having to exit the building with the heat of the scorching sun. Many office buildings that provide special floor as the cafeteria or foodcourt such as Dapur Afiqa. Lots of small kitchens provide lunch menus to suit your taste and the tongue of Indonesia, foreign culinary menu is also available.

Jakarta is also famous with severe air pollution, but it was always going to be minimized with a tree planting program each year. Even some of the time not long ago, there is a program called 'plant a million trees' or 'Jakarta go green' and others. Many parks are greening Jakarta, such as Monas Park and Menteng Park. both park is always visited by many, especially on holidays.