Djakarta
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Founded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, Djakarta resembles towns in The Netherlands.
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Oil figures importantly in Indonesia's economic development plans, and Djakarta is, in effect, counting its wells before they are proved out.
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In Manila there was an embroidered barong tagalog for him to wear; in Djakarta, white-costumed Javanese dancers strewed frangipani blossoms in the presidential path.
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After last October's coup, rumors flew through Djakarta that President Sukarno was either dead, seriously ill, in jail or in flight.
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There were reports, in fact, that Cambodia has asked for help from Indonesia and that the Djakarta government might agree to serve as a conduit for U.S. supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was stained with red paint and contained a single word printed in enormous letters: Djakarta.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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