Plaza Indonesia ( is a shopping mall within the Plaza Indonesia Complex in central Jakarta. Jakarta Textile Museum ( ) Museum Tekstil Jakarta displays state of the art Indonesian textiles from various islands the museum is housed in an old villa.Īncol Dreamland ( in Ancol Bay City is Jakarta's answer to Disney Land, a tourist destination located along Jakarta's waterfront with beaches, a golf course, theme parks, a water park, a dolphin and sea lion show, hotels, and restaurants. Wayang Museum, Javanese wayang puppetry (shadow puppets) and other puppets from South East Asia on display. Merdeka Square, the main sqare in Central Jakarta. Jakarta History Museum is a history museum at Fatahillah Square in the former Stadhuis (city hall) of Batavia. National Museum of Indonesia ( showcases the arts and cultures of Indonesia. The National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta, the shape of the monument symbolizes a lingam (phallus or masculinity) and yoni (femininity). When in Jakarta you might want to visit Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. But Greater Jakarta is a melting pot, an immigration magnet and home to people from all over Indonesia and Southeast Asia, with significant numbers of people speaking Sundanese, Javanese, Betawi as well as Batak languages.īundaran monument (Jenderal Sudirman road), Jakarta. The official language is Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), the language spoken on the island of Java is Javanese. Jakarta's metropolitan area, known as Greater Jakarta or Jabodetabek (short for Jakarta + Bogor + Depok + Tangerang + Bekasi cities) is among the largest urban agglomerations on the planet, with a population of 31 million people. Today Indonesia's version of a metropolis has a population of about 10 million people, making it one of the most populous cities in Southeast Asia. The city is the political and financial center of the island nation.

Jakarta's former name was Batavia (until 1949) when it was de facto the capital of the Dutch East Indies, the former Dutch colony. Jakarta's skyline seen from the Bundaran with Wisma 46 (The Fountain Pen) and Jenderal Sudirman road on the left.

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