Located in the northwest shore of Java Island, Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, is the largest city in SE Asia and a renowned harbor in the world. Jalan Thamrin in the newly developed area is the main avenue of Jakarta, which is wide, clean and lined with modern skyscrapers and exclusive shopping malls. It is the "Wall Street" of Indonesia where banks and big companies gather.
Climate: tropical rainforest climate
Language: Indonesian
Telephone Code: 62(Country Code)
Currency: IDR
Embassy Official Website:http://www.kemlu.go.id/beijing/Pages/default.aspx?l=en
Embassy/Consulate
Jakarta belongs to tropical rainforest climate, with mean annual temperature of 27℃. Affected by the equator, west season wind prevails in Jakarta from November to April of the next year, and east season wind prevails from May to October. In Jakarta, the mean annual precipitation is 2,000mm, and the precipitation in January is the most.
In downtown of Jakarta, the traffic network is accessible from all directions, but traffic jam is still a hard nut in the city, particularly in the business district of the downtown. However, dedicated bus is basically free from the traffic jam's influence when it runs along trunk roads in the downtown, and so it is a very convenient traffic tool for tourists.
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is 20km to the west of Jakarta, and it serves as the transport hub of Garuda Indonesian Airways. Since it hosts lots of international airways, the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport accordingly becomes one of the Asia's transfer centers. In 2007, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was selected into the "World 35 Busiest Airports". The next year, it was rated as the world's 8th most characteristic airport.