BOGOR
The City Of Rain
Bogor is a city on the island of Java in the West Java province of
Indonesia. The city is located in the center of the Bogor Regency, 60
kilometers (37 mi) south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, although it is
administratively independent from that regency. Bogor is the 6th largest city
of Jabodetabek (Jakarta metropolitan region) and the 14th nationwide, with a
population having passed 1 million, it is an important economic, scientific,
cultural and tourist center, as well as a mountain resort. In the middle Ages,
the city was the capital of Sunda Kingdom and was called PakuanPajajaran.
During the Dutch colonial era, it was named Buitenzorg (meaning “Without a
care” in Dutch) and served as the summer residence of the Governor-General of
Dutch East Indies. With several hundred thousand people living on an area of
about 20 km2 (7.7 sq. mi), the central part of Bogor is one of
the world’s most densely populated areas. The city has a presidential palace
and a botanical garden (Kebun Raya Bogor) – one of the oldest and largest in
the world. It bears the nickname “The Rain City” (Kota Hujan), because of
frequent rain showers. It nearly always rains even during the dry season.
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