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Jakarta, Also Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, Batavia

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CityAlso Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, Batavia

Jakartaجاكرتا

Capital of Indonesia, the country with the most Muslims in the world.

The Dutch ruled the islands from here as Batavia from 1619. Indonesia declared independence in 1945, and its Istiqlal Mosque, opened in 1978, is one of the largest in Southeast Asia.

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