Geography of Jakarta

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is located on the northwestern coast of Java. Extending across 661.52 square kilometers, Jakarta in Indonesia originally known as Sunda Kelapa, grew along the downstream of Ciliwung River as a port city. If you want to tour this city, you must know about Jakarta’s geography as well. And for that it is necessary, that you learn about the geographical location of Indonesia.

Positioned in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is an archipelago which comprises of 17,000 islands between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. While Java is one of them, the other prominent islands are Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, the Nusa Tenggara islands, the Moluccas Islands, and Irian Jaya. Surrounded by Malaysia in the north, Papua New Guinea in the east, Indonesia has peculiar geographical features which have two kinds of flora and fauna across Wallace's line – one Asian and another Australian. This country extends across nearly 1 million square kilometers but the islands on the whole, occupy more than 5,000 kilometers. You will be surprised to learn that nearly one-fourth of Indonesia consists of 400 volcanoes, which are still active.

Geography of Jakarta, the largest city of Indonesia, would tell you that the area is divided into five parts- South Jakarta, Central Jakarta, East Jakarta, West Jakarta, North Jakarta and one administrative city, Thousand Island regency. While East Jakarta extends across 187.73 square kilometers, Thousand Island regency occupies the smallest area of 11.81 square kilometers. Jakarta, situated on the Java Island, co-spreads along the metropolitan district of Jakarta Raya. The terrain in the western part of Java is marshy and thus Jakarta enjoys the humid weather of the plain area overlooking the Java Sea. The area of Jakarta can be spotted on 6012' South Latitude and 106048'- East Longitude, which is just six degrees south of the Equator.
As you visit Jakarta, you will notice that it experiences an average rainfall of 1,916.8 to 924.50 millimeter every year. You shouldn’t expect a chilly or a scorch climate because the temperature fluctuates from 22 degree centigrade to 33 degree centigrade. Thus, you will have to experience a hot and sultry climate in this tropical area.