Jakarta

Indonesia

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, with administrative status equivalent to a province. It lies on the northwestern coast of Java, bordering West Java and Banten and facing the Java Sea. Jakarta covers about 664 square kilometres and had 11 million registered residents in 2025.

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Country: Indonesia
Population: 9,125,000
Latitude: 6.17° S
Longitude: 106.83° E

Which way is Jakarta from…

From Paris, Jakarta lies at 83° to the east, 11,581 km as the crow flies.

Paris	83° east	11,581 km
London	80° east	11,714 km
New York	359° north	16,173 km
Madrid	81° east	12,185 km
Rome	92° east	10,823 km
Montreal	359° north	15,642 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	81° east	5,762 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Dig straight down through Jakarta and you would come out 202 km from Bogotá. From New York, Indonesia’s capital is due north, at 359°, passing near the North Pole and then over Siberia, whereas a flat map would say 254°, west. From London, the map would point south-east, at 122°; the compass reads 80°, east, for 11,714 km.