Setiabudi is a

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 ...

in the administrative city of

South Jakarta South Jakarta (; ), abbreviated as Jaksel, is one of the five administrative cities which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. South Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city council, hence it is not classified as a ...

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. It is part of the

Golden Triangle of Jakarta The Golden Triangle of Jakarta (), also referred to as the Medan Merdeka–Thamrin–Sudirman Axis () or the Sudirman–Thamrin–Kuningan Axis (), is a roughly triangular area in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia, extending from Central Jakarta to ...

(), the centre of business and commercial establishments in the city. Setiabudi is named after an Indonesian hero of partial Indo and Sundanese descent,

Ernest Douwes Dekker Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker also known as ''Setyabudi'' or ''Setiabudi'' (8 October 1879 – 28 August 1950) was an Indonesian-Dutch people, Dutch Indonesian National Revolution, nationalist and politician of Indo people, Indo descen ...

, also known as Danudirdja Setiabudi. Setiabudi is bordered by

Central Jakarta Central Jakarta (, ), abbreviated as Jakpus, is one of the five Cities of Indonesia, administrative cities () and ''de facto'' Capital City of the Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 census ...

in the north.

History

Setiabudi was among the first housing neighborhoods in Jakarta after Indonesia is independent. It is the oldest of such place in the district and contains the oldest buildings standing. It was among the first two neighborhoods with direct access to the Sudirman Road, the other being Bendungan Hilir. Planning was initiated in the 1950s but mostly completed in the 1960s. The work heralded the building of the Kuningan Road.

Subdistricts

Setiabudi is divided into eight ''

kelurahan In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision and the smallest administrative division of Indonesia below a district, regency/city, and province. Similar administrative divisions outside of Indonesia include barangays in t ...

'' or subdistricts:

Boundaries

It is bounded by Cideng River, Menteng Pulo Road, a water channel to the east, a flood channel to the north, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman (a main road to the west), and

Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto (Gatot Subroto Avenue) is one of the major roads in Jakarta, Indonesia. The road starts from Pancoran, South Jakarta, Dirgantara statue in South Jakarta, which crosses 10 administrative villages and ends at Slipi, Cen ...

(a main road to the south).

List of important places

* Mega Kuningan is an area of densely concentrated high rise buildings within

, (), which again a triangular area of business and commercial establishments, is located in Setiabudi District. The 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing, the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta, and the 2009 JW Marriott - Ritz-Carlton bombings occurred within Mega Kuningan. * Rasuna Epicentrum is an area filled with high-rise buildings with a total area of 53.6 hectares, consisting of residential, offices, hotels, hospitals, places of worship, sports, shopping and entertainment and education all in one area. *''Pasar Rumput'' Market

Manggarai Bus Terminal

Manggarai Bus Terminal, which opened on 16 April 2014, is integrated with

TransJakarta Transjakarta (stylised in all-lowercase, often erroneously called Busway, sometimes shortened as TJ and branded as TiJe) or Jakarta BRT is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia, it commenc ...

corridor and KRL Jabodetabek Commuter Line with skywalk.

References

{{Commons category Districts of Jakarta Central business districts in Indonesia South Jakarta