Kantor Kelurahan Bendungan Hilir, Jakarta Pusat

Bendungan Hilir (or abbreviated "Benhil") is an

administrative village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Tanah Abang Tanah Abang is a district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The district hosts the biggest textile market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market. It hosts Bung Karno Stadium, in Kelurahan Gelora, and the western half of the largely skyscraper-domin ...

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. It has a population of 20,025 people.

Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir neighborhood

Pejompongan Pejompongan is a residential area located north of Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, and in the east area of Slipi in Jakarta, Indonesia. This area was built as residential area for upper middle-class government employees and employees of other stat ...

and Bendungan Hilir were two residential neighborhoods located to the west side of

Krukut River The Krukut River is a river flowing in Jakarta originating in Bogor Regency. In the past the river was clean and one of the tourist attractions during the Dutch East Indies administration, but due to denser housing on the banks and lack of maint ...

and bounded by Penjernihan Road,

Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto (Gatot Subroto Avenue) is one of the major road in Jakarta, Indonesia. The road starts from Dirgantara statue in South Jakarta, which crosses 14 administrative villages and ends at Slipi, Central Jakarta. The road is ...

and

Sudirman Road Jalan Jenderal Sudirman or Jalan Sudirman (Sudirman Road) is a major thoroughfare in Jakarta, Indonesia. Named after Indonesian national hero Sudirman, the road runs from Patung Pemuda Membangun at the south end to the bridge of the Jakarta Flood ...

. The neighborhoods were located to the north of

Gelora Bung Karno Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium ( id, Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno; literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Ge ...

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.

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Pejompongan and Bendungan Hilir neighborhood

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