Capital City | Jakarta; note - Indonesian lawmakers on 18 January 2022 approved the relocation of the country’s capital from Jakarta to a site on the island of Borneo between Samarinda City and the port city of Balikpapan; Nusantara ("archipelago"), the name of the new capital, is expected to be established in August 2024 |
Capital location | 6 10 S, 106 49 E |
Capital - history | "Jakarta" derives from the Sanscrit "Jayakarta" meaning "victorious city" and refers to a successful defeat and expulsion of the Portuguese in 1527; previously the port had been named "Sunda Kelapa" |
Capital - time difference |
UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: Indonesia has three time zones |