Capital City vs Business of East Kalimantan Elite

President Joko Widodo has officially announced that the country\'s capital city will move from Jakarta to East Kalimantan on an area measuring 180,000 hectares.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has officially announced that the country\'s capital city will move from Jakarta to East Kalimantan (Kutai Kartanegara and North Penajam Paser) on an area measuring 180,000 hectares.

The choice of the location, according to Jokowi, went through a thorough study by the National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas). East Kalimantan, he said, was free of earthquakes and landslides. The infrastructure in East Kalimantan is also complete, so the development of cities and industries can move at a faster pace. The government is indeed aggressively developing infrastructure, including in East Kalimantan. State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, for example, is building the 100-kilometer Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road. Equitable development outside Java is another reason why the capital city will move to East Kalimantan.