Thousand Islands is the only regency of Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. It consists of a string of 105 islands stretching 45 kilometers north into the Java Sea

Java Sea

The Java Sea is a large shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf. It was formed as sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age. The Java Sea lies between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south; Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east...

, with the closest island lying in Jakarta Bay

Jakarta Bay

Jakarta Bay is a bay north of North Jakarta city. The Thousand Islands are located here. 13 rivers are flowing into the bay. The majority of the bay's coastal communities consist of people living below the poverty line, in condition of poor sanitation....

 only a few kilometers off mainland Jakarta.

The area is a marine national park although development is allowed on 37 of the islands. Some islands are uninhabited, others have resorts and a number of them are privately owned by wealthy Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

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Formally a regency of North Jakarta

North Jakarta

North Jakarta is one of the five cities of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta....

, it is divided into 2 subdistricts

Subdistricts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

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• North Thousand Islands
  North Thousand Islands
  North Thousand Islands is a subdistrict of the Thousand Islands regency, Jakarta, Indonesia.Pramuka Island , the regency seat, is located here....
  
   (Kepulauan Seribu Utara)
• South Thousand Islands
  South Thousand Islands
  South Thousand Islands is a subdistrict of the Thousand Islands regency, Jakarta, Indonesia. They are in the Java Sea....
  
   (Kepulauan Seribu Selatan)

Fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 is the main trade of the islands.