JakartaTour.com http://jakartatour.com The Ultimate Jakarta Tourism Guide Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Lively City of Jakarta http://jakartatour.com/the-lively-city-of-jakarta http://jakartatour.com/the-lively-city-of-jakarta#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:03:42 +0000 pikroh http://jakartatour.com/?p=3 Jakarta is the dynamic capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, a country composed of more than 17,000 islands with a population of over 200 millions. Comprising more than 300 ethnic groups speaking 200 distinct languages and dialects, the Indonesian population exhibit incredible diversity in its linguistic, cultural and religious traditions. As the nation capital, Jakarta is truly a “meeting point” of representatives from troughout the archipelago.

Jakarta the city of history mention the earlier phase emanates from the diverse ancient inscriptions found in the nearby port, begin at least the 14th century with the development of a small port of Hindu Padjajaran Kingdom which known as Sunda Kelapa at the mouth of Ciliwung River. Searching for the fabled “Spice Island”, the Portuguese were the first Europeans which arrive and establish a fortress on the site in the early 16th century.

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