Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city

Mongabay
Aug 26, 2019, 6:39 am179 pts
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s new capital city will sit at the nexus of the country’s coal and oil hubs in eastern Borneo, the president revealed on Aug. 26. President Joko Widodo, who has long teased relocating the capital from the chronically congested and fast-sinking Jakarta, announced that the new capital…

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