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Asian Nation To Move Capital To Jungle

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Indonesia wants to create a “smart metropolis” to attract “global talent” and combat Jakarta’s current urban problems

After decades of mulling the matter, Indonesia’s government has passed a law marking its most tangible step yet toward moving the capital from Jakarta to an undeveloped jungle tract in East Kalimantan, Borneo.

The bill approved Tuesday by the House of Representatives provides the legal framework for the relocation. The new capital is to be named Nusantara, a Javanese word for archipelago, reflecting Indonesia’s geography. Indonesia’s parliament has passed legislation paving the way for the nation’s capital relocation from Jakarta to a forested patch of land on one of its biggest islands -Borneo. Indonesia is on its way to getting a new capital.

Called ‘Nusantara,’ the new city is to be built from scratch in the East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo that Indonesia shares with Malaysia and Brunei. On Tuesday, Indonesian lawmakers voted to support a law approving the relocation that would see the nation’s capital moving some 2,000 km away from the city of Jakarta on the island of Java. The initiative was first announced by President Joko Widodo back in April 2019.

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