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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To which city is Indonesia relocating its capital from Jakarta?
A
Medan
B
Malang
C
Tangerang
D
Borneo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Located in eastern Borneo, the world’s third-largest island, Nusantara is set to replace Jakarta as Indonesia’s political centre by summer 2024. It will sprawl across 256, 000 hectares in East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo, an island the country shares with Malaysia and Brunei.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indonesia is all set to move its capital from Jakarta to Borneo over environmental issues such as being congested, sinking into seawater, and being prone to earthquakes. piyush Last updated on March 11th, 2023 11:25 am.

Detailed explanation-3: -The reasons are varied such as congestion, pollution, earthquake vulnerability and the fact that the current capital is sinking due to sea level rise (climate change).

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