All About Bandung Information

Bandung Town

Bandung is the largest metropolitan city in mainland Sundanese, West Java, as well as the capital of the province. The city is located 140 km southeast of Jakarta, and is the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya by population. While Raya Bandung (Bandung Metropolitan Area) is the third largest metropolitan in Indonesia after Jakarta and Gerbangkertosusila (Gerbangkertosusilo).

In this city recorded a variety of historical importance, such as the establishment of a technical college the first in Indonesia (Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng - TH Bandung, now the Bandung Institute of Technology - ITB), the location of battleground at the time of independence, and was once the site of the Conference Asia-Africa in 1955, a meeting which voiced the spirit of anti-colonialism, even the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech said that Bandung is the capital of Asia and Africa.

In 1990 the city of Bandung was chosen as one of the safest cities in the world by Time magazine survey.

City of flowers is another name for this city, because in ancient times was considered a very beautiful city with many trees and flowers that grow there. In addition Bandung was formerly referred to as Parijs van Java because of its beauty. Besides the city of Bandung also known as a shopping city, with malls and factory outlets are widely spread in the city, and is now gradually Bandung also be culinary tourism. And in 2007, the British Council to make the city of Bandung as a pilot project for the most creative cities throughout East Asia. Today, the city of Bandung is one of the main destinations of tourism and education.

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All About Jakarta Information

Jakarta Town

Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) is the capital city of Indonesia. Jakarta is the only city in Indonesia that has province-level status. Jakarta is located in the Tatar Sundanese, the northwestern part of the island of Java. Was once known as Sunda Kelapa (before 1527), White Rose (1527 1619), Batavia / Batauia, or Jaccatra (1619-1942), Jakarta Tokubetsu Shi (1942-1945) and Djakarta (1945-1972). Internationally Jakarta also has nicknames like J-Town, [7] or more popular The Big Durian because the city is considered a comparable New York City (Big Apple) in Indonesia. [1] [8]

Jakarta has an area of ​​approximately 661.52 sq km (ocean: 6977.5 km²), with a population of 10,187,595 inhabitants (2011). [9] The metropolitan area of ​​Jakarta (Jabodetabek) of about 28 million people, [6] is the largest metropolitan in Southeast Asia or second in the world.

As a center of business, politics, and culture, Jakarta is home to the headquarters of state-owned enterprises, private companies, and foreign companies. It is also the seat of the government agencies and the ASEAN secretariat office. Jakarta is served by two airports, namely Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Airport, as well as a sea port at Tanjung Priok.

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All About Yogyakarta Information

Yogyakarta Town

Special Region of Yogyakarta Special Region level is the Indonesian province of Yogyakarta Sultanate is a fusion of State and State Pakualaman. Special Region of Yogyakarta, located in the southern part of the island of Java, and bordering the province of Central Java and the Indian Ocean. Special Region which has an area of ​​3185.80 km2 consists of one municipality, and four districts, which are subdivided into 78 districts, and 438 villages / wards. According to the 2010 population census had a population of 3.45239 million inhabitants with a proportion of 1,705,404 men and 1,746,986 women, and has a population density of 1,084 inhabitants per km2 [5].

The mention of the nomenclature of Yogyakarta Special Region is too long term cause condensation nomenclature into DI Yogyakarta or DIY. Special Region is often associated with the city of Yogyakarta so that it is less precise often referred to Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Jogjakarta. Although geographically the second smallest province after the Jakarta Special Region is renowned nationally and internationally, especially as a prime tourist destination after Bali Province. Yogyakarta Special Region experienced several major natural disasters including the earthquake on May 27, 2006, eruption of Mount Merapi during October-November 2010, and the eruption of Mount Kelud, East Java on February 13, 2014.

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