"The drainage system depends on canals built by Dutch colonisers
more than 200 years ago to protect the 500,000 people in what was
then Batavia. Central Jakarta's population has swelled to more than
12 million, living on low-lying swamp land."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/jakartas-future-under-cloud-as-water-retreats/2007/02/09/1170524304080.html
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