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Bounded to the north by the Java Sea and the south by the low Bogor Hills,
Indonesia's overwhelming capital, JAKARTA , is one of the fastest growing cities in the
world. From a mere 900,000 inhabitants in 1945, the current population is well over ten
million and continues to grow at a rate of 200,000 every year. The capital currently
sprawls over 656 square kilometres of northern Java. Unfortunately, few foreign visitors
find the city as alluring as the local population, and down the years Jakarta has been
much derided. Yet the suburb of Kota in the north, the former heart of the old Dutch
city, still retains a number of beautiful historic buildings, as does the neighbouring
port of Sunda Kelapa . The capital also has some of the country's finest museums,
including the Maritime Museum , the Wayang Museum and the National Museum .
To head from north to south through the centre of Jakarta is to go forward in time,
from the pretty, old Dutch city of Batavia, Kota , in the north, to the modern golf
courses and amusement parks in the south. Medan Merdeka , the giant, threadbare patch of
grass marks the spiritual centre of Jakarta, if not exactly its geographical one,
bordered to the west by the city's major north-south thoroughfare. The main commercial
district and the budget accommodation enclave of Jalan Jaksa lie just a short distance
to the south of Merdeka.