North Jakarta (Indonesian: Jakarta Utara) is one of the five cities (kota) of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta. Many historic sites and artefacts of Jakarta can be found in North Jakarta. Both ports of Tanjung Priok and the historic...
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North Jakarta (Indonesian: Jakarta Utara) is one of the five cities (kota) of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta. Many historic sites and artefacts of Jakarta can be found in North Jakarta. Both ports of Tanjung Priok and the historic Sunda Kelapa are located in the city. The city, which had 1,645,312 inhabitants at the 2010 Cenus, has its administrative centre in Tanjung Priok.
North Jakarta contains some of Jakarta original nature, the mangrove forest. As the city develop, some of this mangrove forest has been converted into urban areas. However, a reforestation project aims at planting mangroves within an area of 400 hectares has already being enacted, scheduled to be finished in 2012. The main goal of the project is to minimized abrasion in the coastal area, especially...
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