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Central Jakarta

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Country
  
Indonesia

Website
  
pusat.jakarta.go.id

Province
  
Jakarta

Time zone
  
WIB (UTC+7)

Area
  
48.13 km²

Population
  
923,299 (Mar 2010)

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Points of interest
  
National Monument (Indonesia), Istiqlal Mosque - Jakarta, National Museum of Indonesia, Taman Suropati, Taman Prasasti Museum

Colleges and Universities
  
Gunadarma University, Binus University, Pancasila University, YARSI University, Bung Karno University

Central Jakarta (Indonesian: Jakarta Pusat) is one of the five cities (kota) which form Jakarta, Indonesia. It had 898,883 inhabitants at the 2010 Census.

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Map of Central Jakarta, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia

Central Jakarta is the smallest in area and population of the five cities of Jakarta. It is the administrative and political center of Jakarta and Indonesia. Central Jakarta contains a number of large international hotels and major landmarks such as Hotel Indonesia.

Subdistricts

Central Jakarta is bounded by North Jakarta to the north, East Jakarta to the east, South Jakarta to the south, and West Jakarta to the west.

Central Jakarta is divided into 8 kecamatan (districts):

  • Gambir
  • Tanah Abang
  • Menteng
  • Senen
  • Cempaka Putih
  • Johar Baru
  • Kemayoran
  • Sawah Besar
  • Demographics

    Central Jakarta has an average of 19,000 residents per square kilometre, making it the most densely populated municipality in Jakarta.

    Economy

    Both GRDP at current market price and GRDP at 2000 constant price in 2007 for Municipality of Central Jakarta is higher than other municipalities in DKI Jakarta, which is Rp. 145 million and Rp. 80 million respectively.

    At the end of the first quarter of 2010, the Jakarta CBD had an occupancy rate of 80%, an increase from the 78% at the end of the first quarter of 2009. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, the amount of office space in the Jakarta CBD increased by 93,000 square metres (1,000,000 sq ft) between the second half of 2010 and the second half of 2009.

    In September 2010 Jones Lang LaSalle estimated that the Jakarta CBD had 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) of serviced office space, making up less than 1 percent of the total amount of office space in the CBD. 70% of the tenants in the serviced spaces were international companies. The number of serviced office spaces in Central Jakarta increased by 50% in the year leading to September 2010.

    Government and infrastructure

    Government agencies with head offices in Central Jakarta include the National Search and Rescue Agency, which has its head office in Kemayoran, and the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC, Indonesian acronym KNKT), which has its head office in the Ministry of Transport Building.

    Education

    SMA Negeri 4 Jakarta SMA Negeri 68 Jakarta SMA Negeri 77 Jakarta

    References

    Central Jakarta Wikipedia