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Topic Reading-Vol.2697-8/30/2019

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2019/08/30 Topic Reading-Vol.2697-8/30/2019

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Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea

Indonesia lies between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With more than seventeen thousand islands, it is the world’s largest island country. The nation has a population of over 260 million, it is the fourth most populous country and the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country with close to 230 million Sunni Muslims.

The capital city Jakarta sits on Java, the world’s most populous island where over half of the nation’s population live. The city is overpopulated and over-congested, the air is badly polluted, and the land is rapidly sinking due to over-extraction of underground water. After 74 years from the independence, the government has decided to move the sinking capital to an underdeveloped area in another island, Borneo, the world’s third-largest island, some of which is co-owned by Malaysia and Brunei.

It won’t start at once. The historical move is expected to take 10 years to complete once it is approved by the parliament.

Enjoy reading the article about Indonesia’s capital relocation.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/indonesia-new-capital-borneo-jakarta-scli-intl/index.html

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