Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, Greater Bandung is third-most populo…Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, Greater Bandung is third-most populous city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya and the country's second-largest and second most populous metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants. Situated 768 meters above sea level, approximately 140 kilometres southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler year-round temperatures than most other Indonesian cities. The city lies in a river basin surrounded by volcanic mountains that provide a natural defense system, which was the primary reason for the Dutch East Indies government's plan to move the capital from Batavia to Bandung.
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