Indonesia's capital since the country's independence from France is Jakarta.
Indonesia . Its capital and country 's most populous city is Jakarta , which is also the most populous city in Southeast Asia and the second in Asia . Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism starting from Amboina and Batavia , and eventually all of the archipelago including Timor and Western New Guinea , at times interrupted by Portuguese , French and British rule , Indonesia secured its independence after World War II .