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Jabodetabek

Jabodetabek
Jakarta
Coordinates: 6°10′30″S 106°49′43″E / 6.17500°S 106.82861°E / -6.17500; 106.82861
Country

 Indonesia


Area
 • Metro 6,392 km2 (2,468 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Metro 31,689,592
 • Metro density 4,957.7/km2 (12,840/sq mi)
GDP 2015 estimate
Nominal USD 228,398 billion
PPP USD 724,200 billion (1st in Indonesia

 Indonesia

Jabodetabek (originally Jabotabek) is an official and administrative definition of the urban area or megacity surrounding the Indonesia capital city, Jakarta. The definition "Jabotabek" dated from the late 1970s and was revised to "Jabodetabek" a decade later when "De" (for "Depok") was inserted into the name; it finally included five municipalities and three regencies, it was officially expanded again in 2011 to "Jabodetabekjur" to incorporate a part of Cianjur Regency.

The area comprises the DKI Jakarta and parts of West Java and Banten provinces, specifically the three regencies of those provinces which surround Jakarta - Bekasi and Bogor in West Java, and Tangerang in Banten. Also included were the Kota (formerly Kotamadya) independent municipalities of Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, Tangerang and South Tangerang. The name of the region is taken from the first two (or three) letters of each city's name: Jabo(de)tabek from Jakarta, Bogor, (Depok), Tangerang and Bekasi.

Jabodetabek, with an area of 6,392 km2, was over 28.0 million according to the Indonesian Census 2010, and by January 2014 was officially estimated to have increased to over 30.0 million making it the most populous region in Indonesia, as well as the second most populous urban area in the world. The population share of Jabodetabek to national population was increased from 6.1% in 1961 to 11.26% in 2010.


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