Kebon Sirih is the northernmost

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 ...

Menteng Menteng is the south-central district of Central Jakarta, one of the administrative municipalities in the capital city Jakarta, Indonesia. The nexus of its heritage is the Menteng neighbourhood (Project), a new urban design developed mainly in t ...

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Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

. It has a

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of 10340. Kebon Sirih is located to the south of

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- a historic administrative center of Jakarta - and to the north of Menteng Residential Area - a heritage garden city. The boundary is Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim-Jalan Johar, Jalan Pengarengan to the south,

Ciliwung River Ci Liwung (often written as Ciliwung; also as Tjiliwoeng in Dutch, Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮜᮤᮝᮥᮀ) is a 119 km long river in the northwestern region of Java where it flows through two provinces, West Java and the special region of Jakarta ...

to the east, Jalan Kebon Sirih to the north, and Jalan Kampung Bali I. 33-Terusan Kebon Sirih 14 to the west. Despite its close location to the center of Jakarta, which also the center of administrative government of the Dutch Indies, the layout of the area was not as organized as the rest of

Subdistrict because of the existing

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settlements. The characteristic of the area was organic and not planned, with the exception of the eastern portion of the area close to Gondangdia Station. Many colonial buildings, old houses, and landmarks are located in Kebon Sirih, some of which are

Cut Mutiah Mosque Cut Mutiah Mosque (Indonesian Masjid Cut Mutiah also ''Masjid Cut Meutia'') is a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. The mosque is named after an Indonesian national heroine Cut Nyak Meutia (1870–1910) who took part in the struggle against Dutch c ...

(a former real estate office), Gedung Joang '45, and Tugu Tani. Other important places are

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(a 1920s former Jesuit school) and Jakarta Theater. The area is served by Gondangdia Station. Being strategically located, many modern hotels and retails are built in Kebon Sirih, especially in Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim and Jalan Jaksa.

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