Nusantara
Indonesia’s planned new capital in East Kalimantan, Borneo. See Indonesia.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The $40BN Plan to Save The World’s Fastest Sinking City | The B1M | subject | Indonesia is building a new capital, Nusantara, begun in 2022 at about $35 billion and planned in five phases to finish by 2045. |
The $40BN Plan to Save The World’s Fastest Sinking City — The B1M (2025)
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The city is called Nusantara
- Role: subject
- In the video: Indonesia is building a new capital, Nusantara, begun in 2022 at about $35 billion and planned in five phases to finish by 2045. It has a Garuda-shaped presidential palace and highways, but has displaced Balik people, encroached on orangutan habitat and lost investors like SoftBank.
- Why it matters: The ‘flee’ half of the story: the government’s decision to move the capital rather than fix Jakarta.