Indonesia's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource base of an archipelago with thousands of islands,and the distribution of its more than 200 million people concentrated mainly on a single island,Java.
Jakarta,officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta and formerly Batavia,is the capital and largest metropolis of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java,the world's most populous island,Jakarta is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia,and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. Jakarta is bordered by two Sundanese provinces:West Java to the south and east;and,since 2000,Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north,and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west.
Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia,"Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo.
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of the Republic of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region provinsi daerah tingkat I) before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government,consisting of a governor and a regional legislative body. The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms,but governors can only serve for two terms. Provincial governments have the authority to regulate and manage their own government affairs,subject to the limits of the central government.
West Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan,the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan to the east,the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the north,and the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Java Sea to the south. The province has an area of 147,307 km2,and had a population of 4,395,983 at the 2010 Census and 5,414,390 at the 2020 Census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 5,541,376. Ethnic groups include the Dayak,Malay,Chinese,Javanese,Bugis,and Madurese. The borders of West Kalimantan roughly trace the mountain ranges surrounding the vast watershed of the Kapuas River,which drains most of the province. The province shares land borders with Central Kalimantan to the southeast,East Kalimantan to the east,and the Malaysian territory of Sarawak to the north.
Central Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five provinces in Kalimantan,the Indonesian part of Borneo. It is bordered by West Kalimantan to the west,South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan to the east,Java Sea to the south and is separated narrowly from North Kalimantan and Malaysia by East Kalimantan's Mahakam Ulu Regency. Its provincial capital is Palangka Raya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million,while the 2020 Census showed a total of almost 2.67 million;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 2,741,075.
East Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census,3.42 million at the 2015 census,and 3.766 million at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 3,859,783. Its capital is the city of Samarinda.
The Republic of Indonesia,a country located in Southeast Asia,comprise many islands,prompting the government to recognise three time zones. The Western Indonesia Time is seven hours ahead (UTC+07:00) of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC),used in the islands of Sumatra,Java,and the western half of Kalimantan. The Central Indonesia Time is eight hours ahead (UTC+08:00),used in the eastern half of Kalimantan,as well as all of Bali,the Lesser Sunda Islands,and Sulawesi. The Eastern Indonesia Time is nine hours ahead (UTC+09:00),used in the Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea.
The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor,the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who,along with the vice governor and 106 members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD),is accountable for the strategic government of the city of Jakarta.
PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (lit. 'State Electricity Company',abbreviated as PLN) is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which has a monopoly on electric power distribution in Indonesia and generates the majority of the country's electrical power,producing 176.4 TWh in 2015. It was included in the Fortune Global 500 lists of 2014 and 2015. It has large debts due to expensive coal power contracts.
Tjilik Riwut Airport,formerly Panarung Airport,is an airport in Palangkaraya,Central Kalimantan,Indonesia. This airport is named after Tjilik Riwut (1918–1987),the second Governor of Central Kalimantan. The airport served about 1 million passengers in 2018.
The capital of the Republic of Indonesia is Jakarta,one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Southeast Asia. Previously known as Batavia,it was the de facto capital of the Dutch East Indies. In the early 20th century,the Dutch East Indies government attempted to relocate the capital from Batavia to Bandung. During Indonesia's struggle for independence,the Indonesian government moved the capital to Yogyakarta and then to Bukittinggi,where it remained for a short time until the restoration of control to Jakarta. In 2019,during his annual state of the union address at the parliament,President Joko Widodo announced a plan to relocate the capital to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. As part of the plan,part of Kutai Kartanegara Regency and Penajam North Paser Regency in East Kalimantan will be carved out to create a new province-level planned city,and the capital will be relocated to a more central location within Indonesia. On 17 January 2022,the name was revealed to be Nusantara.
Seruyan Regency is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo),Indonesia. It was created on 10 April 2002 from what were previously the western districts of East Kotawaringin Regency. The town of Kuala Pembuang in Seruyan Hilir District is the capital of Seruyan Regency. The population of the Regency was 139,931 at the 2010 Census and 162,906 at the 2020 census;the official estimate was at mid 2022 was 166,072.
Sahbirin Noor is an Indonesian politician and current the governor of South Kalimantan. He vice governor Rudy Resnawan rebounded after having initially looked poised to lose the gubernatorial election in 2015. Noor has taken the initiative to rehabilitate about sixty-thousand hectares of degraded land in the province.
Puteri Indonesia 2017,the 21st Puteri Indonesia pageant was held on March 31,2017,at Jakarta Convention Center,Jakarta. Kezia Warouw,Puteri Indonesia 2016 of North Sulawesi crowned her successor Bunga Jelitha of Jakarta Special Capital Region 5 at the end of the event. All 38 contestants from 33 provinces competed for the crown. The winner will represent Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2017,while the runners-up will compete at the Miss International 2017,Miss Supranational 2017,and Miss Grand International 2017. Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere of France and Miss Grand International 2016 Ariska Putri Pertiwi of Indonesia attend at the Grand Final Show. Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova of Canada also attended the show as a judge.
Djarot Saiful Hidayat is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the People's Representative Council. He was the governor of Jakarta,in office between 15 June and 15 October 2017 after being acting governor since 9 May. He replaced his predecessor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama when the latter was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam. He was appointed by Basuki as Deputy Governor in 2014 to fill the gap left by the election of Joko Widodo as president.
Zainal Arifin Paliwang is an Indonesian politician and the current governor of North Kalimantan. His inauguration as governor in February 2021 was attended by very few people,all of whom required PCR tests,due to COVID-19 health and safety protocol.
Nusantara Capital City Authority is a cabinet level-agency formed by Indonesian government,working directly under the President of Indonesia. The agency will become a special agency tasked with managing and governing the city of Nusantara,future capital of Indonesia located on Kalimantan.
Nusantara,officially known as the Capital City of Nusantara,is the future capital of Indonesia,scheduled to be inaugurated on 17 August 2024,coinciding with Indonesian Independence Day. Nusantara will replace Jakarta as the national capital,a position the latter city has held since the country's independence in 1945.
