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How do you move a capital city?
Indonesia has announced it is thinking of building a new capital city, away from busy Jakarta. Just how difficult is the process?
Indonesia has announced it is thinking of building a new capital city, moving the government away from Jakarta which is overcrowded and suffering from subsidence.
Other countries, including Brazil, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tanzania have previously moved their capital cities, so just how difficult is the process, and can Indonesia learn from their mistakes?
(Photo: Jakarta's expanding skyline. Credit: Gerhard Joren/Getty Images)
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