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Jakarta is the capital and biggest city of Indonesia (though it is officially a province), as well as one of the world’s most populated urban agglomerations.
Jakarta, located on the northwest coast of Java, is the country’s economic, cultural, and political center, with a population of 10,075,310 people.
The city itself is the size of Singapore, and its population is similar to that of Portugal (around 10 million) The Big Durian, a euphemism for New York’s Big Apple, with its concrete jungle (number 17 of the world’s cities with skyscrapers), traffic chaos, and heated dirty air may entice you to go as soon as possible, but what awaits you inside will alter your viewpoint! One of Asia’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan towns, J-Town offers a busy nightlife, exciting shopping malls, a variety of restaurants, refreshing greeneries, cultural diversity, and a rich history that caters to all budgets and levels of enjoyment.
Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups in the country’s democracy, which consists of a parliamentary republic and nine provinces, have had political representation. South Africa is sometimes referred to as the “Rainbow Nation” to reflect the country’s newly emerging multicultural variety in the aftermath of apartheid ideology. South Africa is classified as an upper-middle-income economy and a recently industrialized country by the World Bank. It has the second-largest economy in Africa and the 34th-largest in the world. South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa in terms of purchasing power parity. Poverty and inequality, however, remain pervasive, with almost a quarter of the population jobless and living on less than US$1.25 per day. Nonetheless, South Africa is regarded as a medium power in international affairs and wields substantial regional power.