Jabodetabek

Jabotabek or Jabodetabek is the term given to the metropolitan area surrounding Jakarta, Indonesia. The population in 2005 is estimated to be 23.6 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, and among the ten largest metropolitan areas in the world.

The area consists of Jakarta (a province on its own) and the three surrounding regencies of Bekasi and Bogor in West Java and Tangerang in Banten, including the cities of Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, and Tangerang.

The name of the region is taken from the first two or three letters of each city's name: Jabo(de)tabek from Jakarta, Bogor, (Depok), Tangerang and Bekasi

Demographics

Among the inhabitants, approximately 8.7 million live in Jakarta; 5.6 million in the four cities of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi; and 9.1 million in the three regencies (Bekasi Regency, Tangerang Regency, and Bogor Regency). The population is steadily increasing due to migration from all over Indonesia.

Source: [http://www.bps.go.id BPS]

The government of Indonesia projects that the population of the Jabotabek region will reach 32 million by 2016. These statistics project Jakarta will grow to 12 million while the other regions will have a combined population of 20 million.

Transportation

The metropolitan area is partly defined by the areas from which people commute into the city. Jabotabek is served by commuter train known as Jabotabek electric train (KRL Jabotabek) with four line rail road.

Bogor - Jakarta Kota rail road, the busiest commuter railroad in Jabotabek. It has five major terminals at Bogor station in Bogor City, Depok station in Depok City, a major transfer point at Manggarai station, Juanda station in Central Jakarta, and finally at Jakarta Kota Station.

Bekasi - Jakarta Kota rail road, the second busiest commuter railroad in Jabotabek. It has five major terminals at Bekasi station in Bekasi City, Jatinegara station (East Jakarta), Pasar Senen station (Central Jakarta), Kemayoran station (Central Jakarta) and finally at Jakarta Kota Station.

Serpong - Manggarai rail road. It has four major terminals at Serpong station in Tangerang Regency, Tanah Abang station (Central Jakarta), Sudirman station (Central Jakarta), and finally at Manggarai station.

Tangerang - Jakarta Kota rail road. It has two major terminals at Tangerang station in Tangerang City and Jakarta Kota station.

Major bus stations

The metropolitan area is served by six major busterminals, connected innercity and intercity :

Toll Road

An outer ring toll road is now being constructed and is partly operational from Cilincing-Cakung-Pasar Rebo-Pondok Pinang-Daan Mogot-Cengkareng. Beside outer ring toll road, Jakarta have inner ring toll road used open system. An airport toll road connects inner ring toll road to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in the northwest of Jakarta. Jakarta-Merak Toll Road connected the port of Merak - Tangerang - Tomang (West Jakarta) and next to Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and Cipularang Toll Road connected Bekasi, Cibitung, Cikarang, Karawang, Cikampek, Purwakarta and Bandung to the east. Jagorawi Toll Road connected Cawang (East Jakarta), Bogor, and Ciawi. Since 2006, Serpong - Bintaro - Tanah Kusir toll road operated. Today, the government being constructed Becakayu Toll Road connected Bekasi to Kampung Melayu (East Jakarta).

Further reading

* Forbes, Dean. "Jakarta: Globalization, economic crisis, and social change," pp. 268-298, in Josef Gugler (ed.) "World Cities beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality".