President Widodo has chosen Nusantara as the name of Indonesia’s new capital.
President Widodo has been elected. – On January 18, the Straits Times reported that President Joko Widodo Indonesia’s leader chooses a name. “Nusantara” (Nusantara) It means islands in the Indonesian dialect. It is the name of the new capital under construction on Kalimantan. to reduce congestion in Jakarta, which is the center of the central government Business, finance and commerce, with a population of more than 10 million, and about 30 million of them live around the metropolitan area.
File Photo: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has chosen Nusantara, or archipelago in English, as the name of the new national capital to be built on the country’s Kalimantan island, a senior government official said. AFP
“I just got a direct confirmation from the president on Friday (Jan. 14) and he said the name of the new capital is Nusantara,” Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa said. Indonesian National Development said during a meeting with the Special Commission on the Establishment of a New Capital at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta
And explains the reason why Mr. Widodo chose Nusantara because it has been a well known name for a long time. “The name is internationally recognized, easy to remember, and defines the islands of the Republic of Indonesia. I think we all agree with the name Nusantara,” said Mr Monoarfa.
Widodo’s government first announced plans to move the capital from Jakarta in April 2019. A few months later, Mr Widodo announced that a new capital would be established in an area of more than 127,000 square kilometers. of Panajam, Pacer, North and Kutai, Cartanegara in the province of East Kalimantan
It was originally scheduled to be completed in August 2020. But because of the facing the epidemic of Covid-19, the new city building project was temporarily halted.
(FILES) This file handout picture taken and released on December 17, 2019 by the Indonesian Presidential Palace shows a motorcade transporting Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo during his visit to North Penajam Paser district near Sepaku in East Kalimantan, where the government plans to build its new capital city replacing Jakarta. Indonesian parliament on January 18, 2022 passed a law approving the relocation of the archipelago’s capital from Jakarta, on the densely populated Java island, to the jungle-clad island of Borneo. /Indonesian Presidential Palace/AFP
The approved final design of the Presidential Palace in the new capital city in East Kalimantan. Photo: Instagram/@nyoman_nuarta
This aerial picture taken on Jul 31, 2019 by news outlet Tribun Kaltim shows a view of the area around Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara, one of two locations proposed by the government for Indonesia’s new capital. Photo: AFP
Related news:
