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Yanto was a blind man from Semarang—Central Java—who tried his luck in the capital. These men work as street pianika player (Indonesian call it “ngamen”), but he was willing to serve occasional massage. He’s already 3 years in Depok, Jakarta outskirts of the bustling city that filled with students from various regions. urbanization trend encouraged him to come here.

In Indonesia, based on projections of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) urbanization will reach 68 percent in 2025. The projection was referring to the differences in population growth rate for urban and rural areas (urban rural growth difference / URGD). From the data gathered, the province in Java and Bali, its urbanization rate is higher than Indonesia in total. In fact, the level of urbanization in four provinces in Java in 2025 was over eighty percent, which is in DKI Jakarta, West Java, Yogyakarta, and Banten.



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