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New Capital Evokes Indonesia’s Archipelagic Character

Nusantara to rise from the jungles of Borneo

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Philip Bowring
Jan 20, 2022
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It has been more than two years since the government of President Joko Widodo in Jakarta chose a site far away in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo as a future new capital. Now he has chosen the name for it: Nusantara. The shift is expected to take at least 10 years.

The location of the proposed new capital has been the subject of much debate, but …

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