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Jakarta
[juh-kahr-tuh]
noun
a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the northwestern coast of Java.
Jakarta
/ əˈɑːə /
noun
Former spelling: Djakarta.Former name (until 1949): Batavia.the capital of Indonesia, in N West Java: founded in 1619 and ruled by the Dutch until 1945; the chief trading centre of the East in the 17th century; University of Indonesia (1947). Pop: 8 347 083 (2000)
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Imam Shofwan, an environmental campaigner from an organisation called Jatam, based in Jakarta, told BBC News: "They say nickel is a solution to the climate crisis. But it's causing deforestation and destroying farmland."
The British embassy in Jakarta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Their first game attracted a crowd of 85,000 - and there were 30,000 at a second, arranged at 48 hours' notice after a terrorist attack in Jakarta, where they were supposed to be going.
Five months before that, a 737 Max operated by Lion Air crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta, Indonesia.
Nearly 80 students across two high schools in Cianjur, south of the capital Jakarta, fell ill after eating the meals this week.
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