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Jakarta: Media
national capital, Indonesia
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Monas (National Monument), central Jakarta, Indonesia. In the near background are...
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Jakarta, pre-1949
Pre-1949 map of southern Sumatra and western Java showing Jakarta as Batavia.
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