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Bandung

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Country: Indonesia

Population:1,699,822

Time Zone:UTC+7

Volcanic mountains form a natural defensive ring around Bandung, helping explain why the Dutch East Indies government once planned to move its capital there from Batavia. Today, the capital of Indonesia’s West Java province occupies a river basin in Java’s western highlands, about 145 kilometres southeast of Jakarta. At 708 metres above sea level, it has one of the coolest climates among Indonesia’s provincial capitals.