The government made Nusantara the name of Indonesia's new capital city in East Kalimantan. Nusantara is the name chosen by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) from 80 available options.
This was announced on Monday (17/1) by the Head of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa. He said the nation's capital city had been approved by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) named Nusantara. He said the capital would be in the form of a special regional government at the provincial level.
Suharso explained the reason for choosing the name Nusantara because it has been known for a long time and is internationally iconic. In addition, the name easily describes the Republic of Indonesia.
"The reason is that Nusantara has been known for a long time and is iconic internationally, it's easy and it describes our archipelago, the republic of Indonesia, and I think we all agree with the term Nusantara," he said.
As we monitored it, on Wednesday (19/1/2022), the name Nusantara has become a trending topic on Twitter. Various responses from netizens in the form of pros and cons, from funny comments to innuendos related to the name of this archipelago.
Here are some comments from netizens on Twitter about the Capital of the Archipelago:
"The capital city wants to move sooner, the better. wrote @blackxxx.
"The majority are cynical about IKN NUSANTARA, all humans have no achievements, Achievement = 0" wrote @lejxxx.
"Yesterday someone rejected the name Nusantara on the grounds of being Java-centric. But they also refused to move the capital from Java, didn't that support Java-centricity instead?" ask @studixxx.
"Let's pray for each other well, hopefully Jokowi's supporters will have facial offspring & his character is similar to Jokowi.. Amen.. live the archipelago. Thumbs up" wrote @diva_xxx.
"The capital of the archipelago...Indonesia is in it..." tluis @velloxxx.
"In the Majapahit era, "Nusantara" = Outside Java. So if IKN happens to be outside Java and is called Nusantara, it feels right too. But today the word "Nusantara" has a broader meaning. Javacentric? In fact, moving outside Java shows an effort release from Javacentrism," wrote @xroasxxx.
