Media

Jakarta is Indonesian Central Economic,  became the location of the headquarters of almost all the national media, both newspapers, magazines, news sites, radio, or television.

Newspapers

Several newspapers published in Jakarta include: Compass, Harian Pelita, Indo Pos, Koran Jakarta, The Jakarta Post, Bisnis Indonesia, Investor Daily, Seputar Indonesia, Republika, Media Indonesia, Koran Tempo, Pos Kota, Warta Kota , Rakyat Merdeka.

Television

TVRI is government-owned television station based in Jakarta. Besides TVRI several other private television stations also based in Jakarta: RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANTV, Indosiar, Metro TV, Trans TV, Trans 7, TVOne, Global TV.

Local television stations only broadcast in the Greater Jakarta area including: Jak-TV, Channel O, Spacetoon, Elshinta TV, Da Ai TV.

Radio

Jakarta has a variety of radio stations, some of them:

    * RRI
    * Bens Radio FM 106.20
    * Elshinta 90.00 FM
    * Radio Sonora FM 92.00
    * PAS FM 92.40 FM
    * Prambors 102.20 FM
    * Trijaya FM 104.60
    * Trax FM 101.40
    * Women Radio FM 94.30
    * U FM 94.7 FM
    * I-Radio 89.6 FM
    * 95.1 KISFM
    * Mustang 88 FM
    * Ramako 105.8
    * A Radio 96.7 FM
    * Delta 99.1 FM
    * Female 97.9 FM Radio
    * Hard Rock 87.6 FM
    * Cosmopolitan 90.4 FM
    * ARH Global 88.4 FM
    * Gen FM 98.7 FM
    * Motion Radio 97.5 FM
    * R.D TPI 97.1 FM
    * M Radio 106.6 FM
    * JakFM 101.0 FM

Economic

Aside from being a central government in Jakarta is also a major business and financial. In addition to Bank Indonesia and the Indonesia Stock Exchange, the headquarters of many national companies located in Jakarta. Currently, more than 70% of state money, circulating in Jakarta.
Jakarta is one of the cities in Asia with a large middle class society. In the year 2009, 13% people of Jakarta income above U.S. $ 10,000. This amount, placed parallel to Jakarta to Singapore, Shanghai and Mumbai.

Jayakarta

Jayakarta (1527-1619)

The Portuguese are the first Europeans who came to Jakarta. In the 16th century, Surawisesa, Sundanese king for help in Malacca Portuguese to establish a fort at Sunda Kelapa as protection from possible attack Cirebon that will separate themselves from the Kingdom of Sunda. Efforts to requests for assistance to the Portuguese in Malacca Surawisesa is perpetuated by the stories rhyme danese seloka Mundinglaya Dikusumah, where Surawisesa with a title that is Mundinglaya. However, before the establishment of the fort was done, Cirebon Demak assisted directly attacked the port. Sundanese people call this incident a tragedy, because the attacks the port city and killed many people there, including syahbandar port of Sunda. Determination of the anniversary of Jakarta on June 22 is based on the tragedy of the conquest of the port of Sunda Kalapa by Fatahillah in 1527 and changed the name of the city is a White Rose, which means "city of victory". Furthermore, Sunan Gunung Jati of the Sultanate of Cirebon, leave the government at the White Rose to his son the Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin who became sultan of the Sultanate of Banten.

History of Jakarta

Sunda Kelapa (397-1527)

Jakarta was first known as one of the named port of Sunda Kingdom of Sunda Kelapa, located in River estuary. Capital of the Kingdom of Sunda, known as Dayeuh Pakuan Pajajaran or Pajajaran (now Bogor) can be taken from the Sunda Kalapa port for two days of travel. According to Portuguese sources, Sundanese Kalapa is owned by one of the ports other than port of Sunda Kingdom of Banten, helter, Cigede, Tamgara and Cimanuk. Sunda Kalapa that in this text called Kalapa considered to harbor the most important because it can be reached from the capital of kingdoms, known by the name Dayo (in modern Sundanese: Dayeuh which means that the capital city) in two days. Kingdom of Sunda itself is a continuation of the Kingdom Tarumanagara on the 5th century, so this port is estimated to have existed since the 5th century and is thought to be called Sundapura Tarumanagara capital.

In the 12th century, this port is known as a busy port of pepper. Foreign ships coming from China, Japan, South India, the Middle East and has been anchored in this port carrying goods such as porcelain, coffee, silk, fabrics, perfumes, horses, wine, and coloring substance in exchange for spices spices into a commodity-trading time.

Cuisine

 

In Jakarta, and a chest of other big cities in Indonesia, Padang Restaurant of the most widely encountered. Almost all over the place in Jakarta, with easy to find restaurants that details the fundamental origin of Minang cuisine this. Jakarta also has typical food, most notably the crust Eggs and Soto Betawi.

Padang Cuisine is a name used to refer to all types of cuisine that originated from the Minangkabau region, West Sumatra province, Indonesia. All types of cuisine is more popularly known as Padang cuisine. And Padang restaurant or eating house crew urang is the designation for the business of restaurants serving cuisine of Padang special.

Highest Building

Tallest office building in jakarta is BNI Building 46. This is the highest building in Jakarta and Indonesia. Located in the Business center in the province of Jakarta.

Special Capital Region

Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta, Jakarta Raya) is the capital city of Indonesia. Jakarta is the only city in Indonesia which has the status of provincial level. Jakarta is located in the northwest part of Java Island. Formerly known by the name of Sunda Kelapa (before 1527), Jayakarta (1527-1619), Batavia, Batavia, or Jacatra (1619-1942), and Djakarta (1942-1972).

Jakarta has an area of approximately 661.52 km ² (ocean: 6977.5 km ²), with a total population of 7,552,444 inhabitants (2007). Jakarta metropolitan area (Greater) with a population of approximately 23 million inhabitants, is the largest metropolitan area in Indonesia or a sixth of the world. Now that the greater Jakarta area have been integrated with the Greater Bandung area, where population-Bandung Raya megapolitan Greater number around 30 million inhabitants, which puts this region in the world's second sequence, after megapolitan Tokyo.