Pejompongan is a residential area located northeast of
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex
The Bung Karno Sports Complex (), better known as Gelora Bung Karno; formerly named the Asian Games Complex ( and the Senayan Sports Complex () from 1969 to 2001, is a sports complex located in Gelora, Tanah Abang, Gelora, Central Jakarta, border ...
, and in the south area of
Slipi in
Jakarta
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,
Indonesia
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. This area was built as residential area for upper middle-class government employees and employees of other state institutions since 1950s. Pejompongan region Administratively located in the District of
Tanah Abang
Tanah Abang () is a districts of Indonesia, district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The district hosts the biggest textile Market (place), market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market. It also hosts Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Kelurahan Gelora ...
and mostly located in the Village of
Bendungan Hilir.
Historically, the development of Pejompongan started with the plan to build clean
water treatment
Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, ...
in the area of central Jakarta. The first water-treatment plant was built in 1957. To improve the quality of raw water air supply, the city later built another plan in 1966. Pejompongan area is also known for its unique and exotic culinary choices.
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