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  1. Capital of Indonesia on the NW coast of Java;
  2. population (1980) 6,504,000. Industries
  3. include textiles, chemicals, and plastics; a
  4. canal links it with its port of Tanjung Priok
  5. where rubber, oil, tin, coffee, tea, and palm
  6. oil are among its exports; also a tourist
  7. centre. Founded by the Dutch in 1619, and
  8. known as Batavia until 1949, it has the
  9. president's palace and government offices.
  10.