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Muara Angke is a fishing port located at Kapuk Muara,

Penjaringan Penjaringan is a subdistrict of North Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the westernmost subdistrict of North Jakarta. Muara Angke port and the mouth of Sunda Kelapa Port are located within Penjaringan. Penjaringan contains the remnants of the original ...

, along the north coast of

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 ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The port is integrated with fishermen's housing and a fishing port management office owned by the Jakarta government. It has modern fish market with supporting facilities for landing and auction of fishes. The port is located at the mouth of

Angke River 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 ...

, where it meets

Java Sea The Java Sea ( id, Laut Jawa, jv, Segara Jawa) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south, Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east. Karimata Strait to its nort ...

. Muara Angke Wildlife Reserve is also located in this area, adjacent to Muara Karang.

Port

During the 16th century, the port was used by the

Sultanate of Banten The Banten Sultanate (كسلطانن بنتن) was a Bantenese Islamic trading kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java; the contemporary English name of both was Bantam. It is said ...

and the

Sultanate of Demak The Demak Sultanate (کسلطانن دمق) was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak. A port fief to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit kingdom thought to have been founded ...

as a strategic post to capture the port of

Sunda Kelapa Sunda Kelapa ( su, , Sunda Kalapa) is the old port of Jakarta located on the estuarine of Ciliwung River. "Sunda Kalapa" (Sundanese language, Sundanese: "Coconut of Sunda") is the original name, and it was the main port of the Sunda Kingdom. The ...

from the Portuguese. At present other than fishing vessels and landing facility, the port also has passenger service terminal for ship plying routes between the Thousand Islands and the mainland since 2012.

Fishing village

The area is inhabited by peoples who are associated with fishing. This is a community of fishermen who sail, dry fish, smoke squid, clean shellfish etc. The community is spread over 65 hectares. There is also a center for Traditional Fisheries Products Processing (PHPT), where various types of salted fish,

pindang Pindang refers to a cooking method in the Indonesian and Malay language of boiling ingredients in brine or acidic solutions. Usually employed to cook fish or egg, the technique is native to Sumatra especially in Palembang, but has spread to Jav ...

and smoked products are produced. In addition to fish processing and drying places, there are also several shops that sell salted fish in large and retail quantities. Some of the salted fish is sent to other islands or exported. Fresh fish traders stand along the sidewalk can be seen in the area. The area is prone to flooding. The fishermen and workers of the fishing industry living there are reluctant to leave the kampung no matter how disorganized and chaotic the environment in the fishing village. The Jakarta administration is building ''Muara Angke Social Housing project'' which will have 35 blocks of apartments to accommodate the peoples living in the area Muara Angke Social Housing project.

Fish market

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The fish market of Muara Angke started fish auction in 1846, and its history is associated with Jakarta. As one of the biggest fish auction and sale places in Indonesia, this fish market is often compared with Tsukiji Market in Japan. The fish market is revitalized and inaugurated with modern facilities as Pasar Ikan Modern (PIM) in 2018. Spreading over 4.15 hectares land, the new fish market is a three-story building, equipped with supporting facilities, such as chilling rooms, ice storage, fish packing, banking services, health clinics, culinary tours, laboratories, mosques, parking area, electric substations and wastewater management installations. The market is planned to contain 900 wet stalls, 69 dry market stalls, 18 fishing stalls, and 68 fresh fish stalls. There are two floors prepared to accommodate traders. The ground floor is for wet fish stalls while the second floor is for stalls selling dried and processed fish. The market is designed to be the first fish market in Indonesia that is built in the concept of hygiene and ''one stop shopping'' for various fishery products.

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Fish markets Tourist attractions in Jakarta North Jakarta {{Portal, Jakarta, Indonesia

Port

Fishing village

Fish market

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