Sawah Besar
Sawah Besar is a district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Its neighborhoods are among the most historic, containing the 1820-established Pasar Baru, the new colonial city – Weltevreden – and the old course of the Ciliwung River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: district in Central Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Kecamatan Sawah Besar” and “Sawah Besar District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monas Park and National Library of the Republic of Indonesia.
Monas Park
Park
Photo: Ramayoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merdeka Square is a large square located in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia. Measuring approximately one square kilometer in area, if the surrounding fields within the Merdeka Square are included, it is considered one of the largest squares in the world.
National Library of the Republic of Indonesia
Library
Photo: Meursault2004, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia is the legal deposit library of Indonesia. It is located at Gambir, on the south side of Merdeka Square, Jakarta.
Gambir railway station
Railway station
Photo: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gambir Station is a major railway station in Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The station is located on the eastern side of Merdeka Square and the western side of the Pramuka Movement headquarters and Immanuel Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Jakarta and Setiabudi.
Central Jakarta
Central Jakarta acts as the commercial and business district of Jakarta. By day the many office buildings are filled with workers; by night, people stream into the shopping malls.
Setiabudi
Village
Setiabudi is a district in the administrative city of South Jakarta, Indonesia. It is part of the Golden Triangle of Jakarta, the centre of business and commercial establishments in the city. Setiabudi is situated 6 km south of Sawah Besar.
Kemayoran
Village
Photo: Wie146, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kemayoran is a district of Central Jakarta, Jakarta in Indonesia. It was best known for the former Kemayoran Airport and it has been transforming as a new central business district.
Sawah Besar
- Category: kecamatan
- Location: Jakarta, Greater Jakarta, Western Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Balinese to Swedish—“Sawah Besar” goes by many names.
- Balinese: “Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat”
- Betawi: “Sao Besar, Jakarta Sintrem”
- Cebuano: “Kecamatan Sawah Besar”
- Chinese: “大田”
- Chinese: “沙哇勿刹”
- Chinese: “沙哇勿剎”
- Chinese: “沙哇帕沙”
- Dutch: “Sawah Besar”
- French: “Sawah Besar”
- German: “Distrikte im Stadtbezirk Zentraljakarta”
- German: “Sawah Besar”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Sawah Besar”
- Indonesian: “Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat”
- Indonesian: “Sawah Besar”
- Irish: “Sawah Besar”
- Italian: “Sawah Besar”
- Japanese: “サワブサール区”
- Javanese: “Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat”
- Javanese: “Sawah Besar”
- Polish: “Sawah Besar”
- Slovenian: “Sawah Besar”
- Sundanese: “Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat”
- Sundanese: “Sawah Besar”
- Swedish: “Kecamatan Sawah Besar”
- “Sawah Besar”
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