Bendungan Hilir (or abbreviated "Benhil") is an
administrative village
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in the
Tanah Abang
Tanah Abang () is a districts of Indonesia, district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The district hosts the biggest textile Market (place), market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market. It also hosts Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Kelurahan Gelora ...
district of
Central Jakarta
Central Jakarta (, ), abbreviated as Jakpus, is one of the five Cities of Indonesia, administrative cities () and ''de facto'' Capital City of the Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 census ...
, Indonesia. It has a population of 20,025 people.
Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir neighborhood
Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir were two residential neighborhoods located to the west side of
Krukut River and bounded by Penjernihan Road,
Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto and
Sudirman Road. The neighborhoods were located to the north of
Gelora Bung Karno sport complex. Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir were among the first neighborhood developed after independence period.
With the planning and development of Gatot Subroto Road in the 1950s, 25 hectares of land at Pejompongan and 6 hectares land at Bendungan Hilir were opened in 1952 for the development of a new housing. This housing were developed particularly for civil servants who needed to stay in Jakarta to do their duty.
The other 15 hectares of land at Pejompongan was opened for a water purification plant that was completed in 1957 (hence the name of the road, ''Penjernihan'' ("purification") road. In the 1960s, both the northern part of Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir had already been established.
Design of both neighborhoods follow the
Garden City principle that was a new modern design laid out by the Surabaya Council and approved by the Jakarta Regency.
See also
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Districts of Indonesia
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List of administrative villages of Jakarta
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This is a list of administrative villages of Jakarta.
Central Jakarta
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Administrative villages in Jakarta