The Bogor Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden located in Bogor, Indonesia, 60 km south of central Jakarta. It is currently operated by the National Research and Innovation Agency. The garden is located in the city center and adjoin the presidential palace compound of Istana Bogor. It covers an area of 87 hectares and contains 13,983 different kinds of trees and plants of various origin. The geographic position of Bogor means it rains almost daily, even in the dry season. This makes the garden an advantageous location for the cultivation of tropical plants.
Bogor Botanical Garden
Memorial of Lady Raffles in 1915.
A painting of Buitenzorg Paleis by Max Fleischer in 1899.
An oil painting depicting life on Buitenzorg Plantentuin in 1899.
Bogor is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around 60 kilometers (37 mi) south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide. The city covers an area of 111.39 km2, and it had a population of 950,334 in the 2010 Census and 1,043,070 in the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at the end of 2023 was 1,127,408. Bogor is an important economic, scientific, cultural, and tourist center, as well as a mountain resort.
Image: Tugu Kujang, the landmark of the rain city; Bogor
Image: Bogor Station Portico 2022
Image: Istana Bogor
A 1600-year-old stone inscription (prasasti) of the Tarumanagara kingdom era