Jakarta is an alpha world city and is the seat of the ASEAN secretariat, Financial institutions such as the Bank of Indonesia, Indonesia Stock Exchange, and corporate headquarters of numerous Indonesian companies and multinational corporations are located in the city. As a province, its government consists of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. Jakarta was officially a city within West Java until 1960, when its official status was changed to a province with special capital region distinction. At one time, it was the de facto capital of the Dutch East Indies, when it was known as Batavia. Established in the fourth century as Sunda Kelapa, the city became an important trading port for the Sunda Kingdom. Jakarta is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Southeast Asia. Jakarta's business opportunities, and its ability to offer a potentially higher standard of living than is available in other parts of the country, have attracted migrants from across the Indonesian archipelago, making it a melting pot of numerous cultures. Jakarta ranks first among the Indonesian states in human development index.
Although Jakarta extends over only 664.01 square kilometres (256.38 sq mi), and thus has the smallest area of any Indonesian province, its metropolitan area covers 9,957.08 square kilometres (3,844.45 sq mi), which includes the satellite cities Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and Bekasi, and has an estimated population of 35 million as of 2021, making it the largest urban area in Indonesia and Southeast Asia and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo), with a current population of 33,718,269 as of 2020. It has province level status which had a population of 10,562,088 as of 2020. Jakarta is the centre of the economy, culture and politics of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java (the world's most populous island), it is the largest city in Southeast Asia, and also serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. Jakarta ( / dʒ ə ˈ k ɑːr t ə/ Indonesian pronunciation: ( listen)), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport ( HLP)
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