Cengkareng is a district (''kecamatan'') on

West Jakarta West Jakarta ( bew, Jakarte Bekulon; id, Jakarta Barat) is one of the five Cities of Indonesia, administrative cities of the Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. West Jakarta is not Self-governance, self-governed and does not hav ...

, Indonesia. The Duri-Tangerang and Tangerang-Jakarta railways pass through Cengkareng.

Urban villages

The district of Cengkareng is divided into six ''

kelurahan In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision below a district, regency/city, and province. There are a number of names and types for villages in Indonesia, with ''desa'' (rural village) being the most frequently used for re ...

'' or urban villages: * Kedaung Kali Angke - area code 11710 * Kapuk - area code 11720 * Cengkareng Barat - area code 11730 * Cengkareng Timur - area code 11730 * Rawa Buaya - area code 11740 * Duri Kosambi - area code 11750

List of important places

Mookervaart Canal The Mookervaart River (Mookervaart Canal; also written in Indonesian as ''Mokervart'') is a canal connecting the Cisadane River in Tangerang and ''Kali Angke'' (Angke River) in Jakarta. Constructed from 1678 to 1689, this 25–30 meter wide chann ...

, a canal connecting the ''

Cisadane River The Cisadane River is a long river in northern West Java, Indonesia. The river has its source at Mount Pangrango, and passes through Bogor and Tangerang before flowing to the Java Sea. The rivers in Banten, the westernmost province of Java, ru ...

'' in Tangerang and ''

Kali Angke The Angke River ( or , ) is a long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from Bogor area of West Java, passing through the cities of Tangerang (Banten) and Jakarta into the Java Sea via the Cengkareng Drain.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Pengen ...

'' in Jakarta. Constructed from 1678 to 1689, this 25-30 metre wide channel is one of the important

flood control Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters."Flood Control", MSN Encarta, 2008 (see below: Further reading). Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water level ...

water channels in Jakarta. *

Palapa Palapa is a series of Communications satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunications company (formerly by Perumtel and then by PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia/Satelindo). Starting with the first in July 1976, at which time Indones ...

Main Control Station

References

Districts of Jakarta West Jakarta {{Jakarta-geo-stub