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SHORT NOTE ON GEOGRAPHY
Total area of Jakarta Special Province is 650 square kms
with the position from 106o22'42'' to 106o58'18''
East and from -5o19;12'' to -5o25'54''
South. The position of the land from the sea level is
from 0 meter at Tanjung Priok Sea Port area to 50 meters
above sea level, especially high place at south Jakarta.
The more south the more higher the land altitude. The
area of Jakarta city is located on the north west of
west Java province on the bay protected on the east
by the cape of Karawang and on the west by the area
of east Teluk Naga which protrudes deep to the sea.
The whole area of Jakarta is encircled by the area of
Kabupaten Bekasi on the east, south and west sides.
On the north is Java sea protected by about 60 small
islands scattered at the straight line of North - South
of Kabupaten Tanggerang known as Kepulauan Seribu. Most of the city area includes
the northern shore are flat land with low level, and
toward the southern area the land is elevating to higher
level from sea level. The city is splitted by a river
called Ciliwung which starts at highland of Bogor and
Puncak, a place aroung 70 kms south of Jakarta city.
The land condition of Jakarta is subject of yearly flooding,
especially the lowland used as the housing by the poorer
people along the river sides such as Ciliwung river.
According to the report of research on Pulau Seribu,
one is the Kecamatan district of Jakarta, the pollution
of wastes such as plastic are threatening the aquatic
life along Jakarta bay. The whole city is divided into
5 municipalities at the same level as Kabupaten, those are
North Jakarta municipality, east Jakarta municipality,
south Jakarta municipality, central Jakarta, and west
Jakarta municipality. For those 5 municipalities are
administrated under the province of Jakarta and headed
by a governor. Each municipality is divided into some
smaller unit of administration called Kecamatan. Each
Kecamatan is divided into more smaller unit of administration
called Kelurahan which covers up to the smallest units
of administration such as settlement units called RT and RW.
The land of Jakarta as part of tropical area of Indonesia
has the same characteristic in temperature and season
as other part of West Indonesia region. Temperature
range daily between 30oC to 34oC,
but in 2006 for the first time it is recorded the highest
heat of 37oC.
The number of population of Jakarta in 2006 is 8.755.700
persons, which places Jakarta as one of the biggest
city in Asia in terms of population number. If we see
the development of population in Jakarta, it shows a
remendous growth ratio, from around 534.823 in 1941, reached
1.432.085 after 10 years in 1950, 2.910.858 in 1960,
4.437.135 in 1970, 6.480.654 in 1980, 8.227.746 in 1990,
and 8.385.639 in the year of 2000. Detail table of population
number every year has been published by the government
of Jakarta.
The fast growth of population in Jakarta come from the
urbanization where people from all parts of Indonesia
move to the city to look for better job. Not only skill
people who have moved to the city but also unskilled
people without any guarantee that they will be able
to find suitable job. This urbanization has caused major
problem to the environment such as unemployment, pollution
and criminal. The government has issued a regulation
for those who want to come to the city with at least
the guarantee she/he has the suitable job according to his/her skill.
See More Area Information on Jakarta
Ancol Recreation Park
China Town or Glodok
Gambir Railway Staion
Kemang Area
Kelapa Gading
Kebayoran Baru Area
Kuningan Area
Jakarta Convention Center
Jakarta International Expo
Jalan Thamrin Area
Lapangan Banteng Area
Mangga Dua Area
Marina Boat Pier
Tanjung Priok Sea Port
Tebet Area
Museum in Jakarta
National Museum
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
Taman Marzuki Art Center
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Airport Jakarta Hotels
West Jakarta Hotels
