Kapuk () is a subdistrict in the
Cengkareng
Cengkareng is a district (''kecamatan'') on West Jakarta, Indonesia. The Duri-Tangerang and Tangerang-Jakarta railways pass through Cengkareng.
Urban villages
The district of Cengkareng is divided into six ''kelurahan'' or urban villages:
* Kedau ...
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
.
An industrial area, Kapuk is nonetheless also home to part of
Pantai Indah Kapuk
Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) is an integrated township in northwestern Jakarta, Indonesia; located in parts of Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Kapuk, West Jakarta, and Kosambi, Tangerang, Kosambi, Tangerang Regency. It is one of the most prestigious r ...
, one of Jakarta's most prestigious suburbs.
History
Kapuk formed part of the ''particuliere landerij'' or private domain of
Tan Eng Goan
Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen (; 1802 – 17 September 1872) was a high-ranking bureaucrat who served as the first ''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia (now Jakarta), capital of colonial Indonesia. This was the highest-ranking Chinese pos ...
,
1st ''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia, and later of his successor,
the 2nd Majoor Tan Tjoen Tiat.
It later formed part of the landholdings of ''N.V. Landbouw Maatschappij Tan Tiang Po'', a colonial company belonging to
''Luitenant der Chinezen'' Tan Tiang Po and his son,
Tan Liok Tiauw
Tan Liok Tiauw Sia (1872 - 1947) was a prominent Chinese-Indonesian landowner, planter and industrial pioneer in the late colonial period, best known today as the last '' Landheer'' (or landlord) of Batoe-Tjepper, now the district of Batuceper. ...
, ''Landheeren'' (or landlords) of
Batoe-Tjepper.
[Regeerings-Almanak voor Nederlandsch-Indie. 1927. University of California (April 27. 2009)]
In 1988, the property developer
Ciputra
Ciputra (RSS: Tjiputra; 24 August 1931–27 November 2019), born Tjie Tjin Hoan (), was an Indonesian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He founded Ciputra Group, one of Indonesia's largest real estate companies, with three subsidiaries, ...
, backed by Indonesia's wealthiest man at the time
Sudono Salim
Sudono Salim or Lim Sioe Liong (16 July 1916 – 10 June 2012), also known as Om (Uncle) Liem was an Indonesian banker and businessman. He was the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the founder and chairman of the conglomerate Salim Group be ...
, developed the housing estate of Pantai Indah Kapuk, earmarked as a wealthy suburb of gated communities.
Kapuk's
postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...
is 11720.
See also
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Pantai Indah Kapuk
Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) is an integrated township in northwestern Jakarta, Indonesia; located in parts of Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Kapuk, West Jakarta, and Kosambi, Tangerang, Kosambi, Tangerang Regency. It is one of the most prestigious r ...
*
Cengkareng
Cengkareng is a district (''kecamatan'') on West Jakarta, Indonesia. The Duri-Tangerang and Tangerang-Jakarta railways pass through Cengkareng.
Urban villages
The district of Cengkareng is divided into six ''kelurahan'' or urban villages:
* Kedau ...
*
List of administrative villages of Jakarta
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This is a list of administrative villages of Jakarta.
Central Jakarta
Central Jakarta (, ), abbreviated as Jakpus, is one of the five Cities of Indonesia, administrative cities () and ''de facto'' Capital City ...
References
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Administrative villages in Jakarta