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Jabotabek or
Jabodetabek is the term given to the
metropolitan area surrounding
Jakarta,
Indonesia. The population in 2005 is estimated to be 23.6 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, and among the ten
largest metropolitan areas in the world.
The area consists of Jakarta (a province on its own) and the three surrounding regencies of Bekasi and Bogor in
West Java and Tangerang in
Banten, including the cities of
Bogor,
Depok,
Bekasi, and
Tangerang.
The name of the region is taken from the first two or three letters of each city's name:
Jabo(de)tabek from
Jakarta,
Bogor, (
Depok),
Tangerang and
Bekasi
Demographics
Among the inhabitants, approximately 8.7 million live in Jakarta; 5.6 million in the four cities of
Bogor,
Depok,
Tangerang, and
Bekasi; and 9.1 million in the three regencies (
Bekasi Regency,
Tangerang Regency, and
Bogor Regency). The population is steadily increasing due to migration from all over Indonesia.
| Administrative division |
Area (km²) |
Population 2005 |
Population density (/km²) |
| Jakarta |
664 |
8,699,600 |
13,100 |
| Bogor City |
22 |
844,778 |
38,399 |
| Depok City |
200 |
1,373,860 |
6,870 |
| Tangerang City |
184 |
1,488,666 |
8,090 |
| Bekasi City |
210 |
1,994,850 |
9,500 |
| Bogor Regency |
3,441 |
4,100,934 |
1,192 |
| Tangerang Regency |
1,110 |
3,194,282 |
2,880 |
| Bekasi Regency |
1,484 |
1,953,380 |
1,316 |
| Metropolitan Area |
7,315 |
23,650,350 |
3,233 |
Source: BPS
The government of Indonesia projects that the population of the Jabotabek region will reach 32 million by 2016. These statistics project Jakarta will grow to 12 million while the other regions will have a combined population of 20 million.
Transportation
The metropolitan area is partly defined by the areas from which people commute into the city. Jabotabek is served by
commuter train known as Jabotabek electric train (
KRL Jabotabek) with four line rail road.
Bogor - Jakarta Kota rail road, the busiest commuter railroad in Jabotabek. It has five major terminals at Bogor station in
Bogor City, Depok station in
Depok City, a major transfer point at Manggarai station, Juanda station in
Central Jakarta, and finally at
Jakarta Kota Station.
Bekasi - Jakarta Kota rail road, the second busiest commuter railroad in Jabotabek. It has five major terminals at Bekasi station in
Bekasi City, Jatinegara station (
East Jakarta), Pasar Senen station (
Central Jakarta), Kemayoran station (
Central Jakarta) and finally at
Jakarta Kota Station.
Serpong - Manggarai rail road. It has four major terminals at Serpong station in
Tangerang Regency, Tanah Abang station (
Central Jakarta), Sudirman station (
Central Jakarta), and finally at Manggarai station.
Tangerang - Jakarta Kota rail road. It has two major terminals at Tangerang station in
Tangerang City and
Jakarta Kota station.
Major bus stations
The metropolitan area is served by six major busterminals, connected innercity and intercity :
Toll Road
An outer ring toll road is now being constructed and is partly operational from
Cilincing-
Cakung-
Pasar Rebo-
Pondok Pinang-
Daan Mogot-
Cengkareng. Beside outer ring toll road, Jakarta have inner ring toll road used open system. An airport toll road connects inner ring toll road to
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in the northwest of Jakarta.
Jakarta-Merak Toll Road connected the port of
Merak -
Tangerang - Tomang (
West Jakarta) and next to Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and Cipularang Toll Road connected
Bekasi,
Cibitung,
Cikarang,
Karawang,
Cikampek,
Purwakarta and
Bandung to the east.
Jagorawi Toll Road connected Cawang (
East Jakarta),
Bogor, and Ciawi. Since 2006, Serpong - Bintaro - Tanah Kusir toll road operated. Today, the government being constructed Becakayu Toll Road connected Bekasi to Kampung Melayu (
East Jakarta).
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