Descendants of colonial laborers brought to this city are called the Betawi, who give their name to local variants of dishes you might find here like soto and gado-gado.
Descendants of colonial laborers brought to this city are called the Betawi, who give their name to local variants of dishes you might find here like soto and gado-gado. One minority group was herded into this city's Glodok district, now an electronics hub in its Old City, after a 1740 massacre. A site in this city called "the crocodile's pit" includes a bronze avian statue over statues of seven murdered army officers. This city's only regency is the so-called Thousand Islands off its coast. Government buildings are housed near its enormous Merdeka Square, which is home to the flame-topped Monas obelisk. A mass shooting by police at its Trisakti University helped incite rioting here in 1998, much of which targeted Chinese-owned businesses. This capital was renovated in the 1960s by the New Order regime, and it was bombed in 2009 by Jemaah Islamiyah. For 10 points, name this "Big Durian" on the island of Java, the capital of Indonesia.
Descendants of colonial laborers brought to this city are called the Betawi, who give their name to local variants of dishes you might find here like soto and gado-gado.
Jakarta [accept Batavia until "crocodile's pit" is read]