Jakarta, Indonesia
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Batavia was an imperial Dutch port city that eventually, after two centuries of Dutch occupation, became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to modern Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its suburbs and hinterland, the Ommelanden, which included the much larger area of the Residency of Batavia in the modern Indonesian provinces of Jakarta Banten and West Java.
- City
- Jakarta
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Jakarta
- Kota Tua Jakarta
- Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
- National Museum of Indonesia
- National Monument
- Merdeka Palace
- Merdeka Square, Jakarta
Background: Wikipedia