Country Indonesia Subdistrict Sawah Besar Province Jakarta | Regency Jakarta Postal code 10710 | |
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Pasar Baru is an administrative village in the Sawah Besar district in Central Jakarta of Indonesia. It has postal code of 10710. Established in 1820, it is one of the oldest shopping district in Jakarta.
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Map of Pasar Baru, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pasar Baru is located in the heart of Jakarta's busiest district. The area centered in a car-free street called Jalan Pasar Baru that runs north-south axis. The southern edge of the street is marked with a gate and a bridge that span over a canal that connects to Jalan Raya Pos, a section of Java's Great Post Road that runs through Jakarta. Right across the Pasar Baru southern gate is Jakarta Art Building. The Pasar Baru street is lined with numbers of shops, restaurants and also several shopping centres. Most of shops here sell textiles, clothes and fashion products, footwear and sportswear, watch and jewelries. While shopping centre on the north sides specialized on selling cosmetics, cameras and photography products.
Culturally the area demonstrate the fusion of Indonesian, Dutch colonial, Chinese and Indian cultures. Pasar Baru is popularly known as Jakarta's "Little India", due to the fact that large numbers of Indian Indonesian settled here, and established their textile business in this market.
History
Pasar Baru in Indonesian language translates to "new market", although it is actually one of the oldest market in the city. It is linked to the history of the city in colonial era. In early 19th century the Dutch colonial government decided to move their administrative center from old, dilapidated and unhealthy Old Batavia (now Kota area) a few kilometres south to Weltevreden area (now Gambir area, Central Jakarta). The new shopping district of Passer Baroe, was established in 1820 to service this new areas, by replaced the Batavia old market in Pasar Pagi Glodok.