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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and Monas Park.

Library
The is the legal deposit library of . It is located at Gambir, on the south side of .

Park
Merdeka Square is a large square located in the center of , . Merdeka is the Indonesian word for freedom or independence. 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.

Railway station
Gambir Station is a major railway station in , Gambir, Central Jakarta, , . The station is located on the eastern side of and the western side of the Pramuka Movement headquarters and Immanuel Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pasar Baru and Kemayoran.

Village
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is an subdistrict in the district in Central Jakarta, . It has postal code of 10710.

Village
is a district of Central Jakarta, in . It was best known for the former and it has been transforming as a new central business district.

Central Jakarta

Latitude
-6.18333° or 6° 11′ south
Longitude
106.83333° or 106° 50′ east
Population
1,060,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
6P58RR8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
1642908
Wiki­data ID
Q10109
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Central Jakarta” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Arabic: وسط جاكرتا
  • Armenian: Կենտրոնական Ջակարտա
  • Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Cakarta
  • Balinese: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Belarusian: Цэнтральная Джакарта
  • Betawi: Kota Bestir Jakarta Sintrem
  • Breton: Jakarta kreiskêr
  • Catalan: Jakarta Central
  • Cebuano: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Chinese: Tiong Jakarta
  • Chinese: 中雅加达
  • Chinese: 中雅加达市
  • Chinese: 中雅加达行政区
  • Chinese: 中雅加达行政市
  • Chinese: 中雅加達
  • Chinese: 中雅加達市
  • Chinese: 中雅加達行政區
  • Chinese: 雅加達中區
  • Dutch: Centraal-Jakarta
  • Dutch: Jakarta Pusat
  • Esperanto: Centra Ĝakarto
  • French: Djakarta centre
  • French: Jakarta centre
  • French: Jakarta-Centre
  • German: Zentral-Jakarta
  • German: Zentraljakarta
  • Hebrew: מרכז ג’קרטה
  • Indonesian: Adm. Jakarta Pusat
  • Indonesian: batavia centrum
  • Indonesian: Jakarta Pusat
  • Indonesian: jakpus
  • Indonesian: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Indonesian: Kota Jakarta Pusat
  • Indonesian: Kotamadya Jakarta Pusat
  • Indonesian: Pusat
  • Italian: Giacarta centrale
  • Italian: Giacarta Centrale
  • Japanese: 中央ジャカルタ
  • Japanese: 中央ジャカルタ市
  • Javanese: Kutha Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Korean: 중부 자카르타
  • Korean: 중앙자카르타
  • Malagasy: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Malay: Jakarta Pusat
  • Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യ ജക്കാർത്ത
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tiong Jakarta
  • Persian: جاکارتا مرکزی
  • Polish: Dżakarta Centralna
  • Russian: Центральная Джакарта
  • Slovenian: Centralna Džakarta
  • Slovenian: Jakarta Pusat
  • Slovenian: Osrednja Džakarta
  • Spanish: Yakarta Central
  • Sundanese: Kota Jakarta Pusat
  • Swedish: Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat
  • Tamil: மத்திய ஜகார்த்தா
  • Ukrainian: Центральна Джакарта
  • Urdu: وسطی جکارتا
  • Vietnamese: Trung Jakarta
  • Jakarta Pusat

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