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Bogor is a city in West Java with a population of approximately 800,000 people. It was the capital of Indonesia during the British occupation and was used as the capital by the Dutch during the dry season, then known as Buitenzorg. It is surrounded by mountains such as Gunung Gede and Gunung Salak and is recorded to be have more lightning storms per year than any other place on earth.
Bogor boasts a presidential palace, a deer park and a huge botanical garden in the town centre. It is home to the Institut Pertanian Bogor (http://www.ipb.ac.id), the Bogor Agricultural University, which has a large and expansive campus with various sites around the city.
Bogor is on a main road from Jakarta to Bandung, over the Puncak pass. To the south of the city are large tea plantations.
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