Indonesia’s new capital city will be named “Nusantara,” which translates as “archipelago,” with Parliament’s approval of a bill to relocate the capital from Jakarta to a remote site on Borneo island, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Indonesia’s House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday to relocate the country’s capital to a remote region of Kalimantan, where the government already owns approximately 180,000 hectares of land. “The new capital has a central function and is a symbol of the identity of the nation, as well as a new center of economic gravity,” National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa told Parliament after the bill was passed into law. President Joko Widodo has confirmed that the new capital will be named “Nusantara,” as it is “iconic internationally” and describes the archipelago nation, Monoarfa said on Monday, Channel News Asia reported. According to Monoarfa, Widodo chose the name “Nusantara” from among 80 names …