The Special Region of Jakarta – (DK Jakarta) is the largest city in Indonesia. Jakarta is the only city in Indonesia that has provincial-level status. Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of Java Island. In the past, several names were known, including Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, and Batavia. In the international world Jakarta also has the nickname J-Town, or more popularly The Big Durian because it is considered a city that is comparable to New York City (Big Apple) in Indonesia. Jakarta has an area of approximately 664.01 km² (ocean: 6,977.5 km²), with a population of 10,557,810 people (2019). The Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabek), which has a population of around 28 million, is the largest metropolitan area in Southeast Asia or second in the world.