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Indonesia builds a new capital city to replace Jakarta - and the ambitious plan to have the first residents moved into Nusantara by October
Incredible photographs have captured Indonesia's new capital city beginning to take shape.
Roads and buildings for Nusantara, which is intended to replace the slowly sinking city of Jakarta, have begun to sprout on the eastern coast of Borneo.
Nusantara won't be finished until 2045, but 6,000 government workers will relocate to the new capital by the time of the next president's inauguration in October.
The project will cost $35billion in total and house about 1.9million residents once it has been fully completed.
Photographs show Indonesia 's new purpose-built capital beginning to take shape
The 256,142ha new government city has been estimated to cost $35billion and has around 200,000 workers constructing it on a site around 2,000km from Jakarta
Some 200,000 workers are currently constructing the new city that stretches a staggering 256,142ha and is located 2,000km from Jakarta.
Relocating the capital Jakarta was first broached by president Joko Widodo in April 2019, who cited rising sea levels and severe congestion as the main reasons for the move.
Around 10.6million residents live in the city while 30million reside in the metropolitan areas.
Global warming has caused sea levels to rise leaving around 40 per cent of the region below sea level.
Experts predicting up to a third of the city could be underwater by 2050.
Mr Widodo said the new capital will be one 'where the people are close from any destination, where they can bike and walk everywhere because there are zero emissions'.
'We want to build a new smart metropolis that can be a magnet for global talent and a centre of innovation,' he said in a speech outlining the vision.
Nusantara is close to the sea and is situated in an area that has a relatively low risk of experiencing earthquakes, tsunamis or volcanic eruptions.
'Nusantara', which means 'archipelago', is intended to be a model environmentally friendly city and will be powered by a 50-megawatt solar plant with plans to allow only electric vehicles by the end of this decade.
Questions about how the city will be paid for remain unanswered with the Indonesian government only committing to providing about 20 per cent of the funds, and it's struggling to find other sources of finance.
The new city will be governed by a body dubbed the State Capital Authority, with leadership appointed to five-year terms directly by the president.
Roads and buildings for new capital Nusantara, which is intended to replace the slowly sinking city of Jakarta (pictured), have begun to spout from the cleared jungle area of Borneo island
Workers complete construction on a multi-story building at Nusantara
In purpose-building its capital, Indonesia is following in the footsteps of countries such as Australia and the US.
Australia's federal parliament moved from Melbourne to Canberra in 1927 and Washington was established as the US capital on July 16, 1790.
More recent capital relocations include Malaysia moving its government to Putrajaya from Kuala Lumpur in 2003, while Myanmar moved its capital to from Rangoon to Naypyidaw in 2006.
Brazil shifted its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia in 1960, while Abuja replaced Lagos as Nigeria's capital in 1991.
The new city will be governed by a body dubbed the State Capital Authority, with leadership appointed to five-year terms directly by the president
Budget details have not yet been revealed in a presidential decree, though previous reports have pegged the project's costs at $33 billion