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Jakarta , formerly until Batavia or —72 Djakarta , largest city and capital of Indonesia. It is coextensive with the metropolitan district of Greater Jakarta Jakarta Raya and nearly coextensive with the daerah khusus ibukota special capital district of Jakarta—the latter also including a number of small offshore islands in the Java Sea. In , when the city was declared a special capital district, it gained a status approximately equivalent to that of a state or province. The city has long been a major trade and financial centre.
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