Roa Malaka is administrative village ('' kelurahan'' in

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) at Tambora subdistrict,

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. The border of Roa Malaka are : * Penjaringan administrative village in Penjaringan subdistrict, North Jakarta in the north * Pekojan administrative village in the west * Pinangsia administrative village in Taman Sari subdistrict in the east * Tambora administrative village in the South The zip code of this administrative village is 11230.

Toponym

There are two opinions about the name of ''Roa Malaka''. First opinion is that the name is derived from two words ''rawa'' (Indonesian for "swamp") and ''malaka'' (Indonesian name for the

Indian gooseberry ''Phyllanthus emblica'', also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla, from the Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī), is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical a ...

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Roa Malaka
', Ensiklopedi Jakarta, © 1995 - 2010 Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov DKI Jakarta. Diakses 22 September 2010. In the early times, this area was the swamp and full of Indian gooseberry. Second opinion is that the name is derived from

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words ''Rua Malaka'' (Malacca Street). In the early time, this area used to be prison of the Portuguese prisoner in

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, who was captured by the Dutch after they managed to snatch from the hands of the Portuguese city of Malacca on January 1, 1641 Among the prisoners of war is the former governor of Malacca, Dom Luís de Sousa Martins Chichorro. The place in the Dutch language called ''Jonkersgracht'' (meaning "Duke Street"), called Rua Malacca gradually, and eventually became Roa Malaka.

Tourist attractions

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(Fatahillah Museum) *

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References

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