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Jabotabek (or Jabodetabek) was an official definition of the urban area surrounding the Indonesia capital city Jakarta. The definition dates from late 1980s and included five municipalities and three regencies, it became obsolete in 2011. The population of Jabotabek was 28.0 million according to the Indonesian Census 2010.
The area comprises the DKI Jakarta and parts of West Java and Banten provinces, specifically the three Regencies of those provinces which surround Jakarta - Bekasi and Bogor in West Java, and Tangerang in Banten. Also included were the Kota (formerly Kotamadya) independent municipalities of Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, Tangerang and South Tangerang.
The name of the region is taken from the first two (or three) letters of each city's name: Jabo(de)tabek from Jakarta, Bogor, (Depok), Tangerang and Bekasi.
