Indonesia has announced plans to begin the construction of 184 apartment blocks that will mark the first stage of development of its new capital Nusantara.
The housing will be the first element to be built in the new city, which is being created on the east coast of the island of Borneo to replace the current Indonesian capital Jakarta.
City designed for initial population of 500,000
Designed by Indonesian studio URBAN+, the city will contain the state palace, the house of representatives, government offices and housing for civil servants. It is being designed with the aim of having an initial population of 500,000 people.
Nusantara will be located between North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara on the Indonesian part of Borneo, 870 miles away from the current capital. Top: president Joko Widodo visits the site of Indonesia's new city. Photo by BPMI President's Secretariat/Muchlis. Above: it will replace Jakarta as Indonesia's capital. Image courtesy of Shutterstock
Nusantara National Capital Authority (NNCA) head Bambang Susantono recently announced that the first phase of the capital's construction will begin in the second quarter of this year, reported Reuters.
In a presentation at the World Economic Forum, he explained that the apartment blocks would be built to house 14,500 civil servants, military and police.

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