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Jakarta City is the heart of the capital of the Republic of Indonesia, where millions of the problem and its economic center in the small town is densely populated. Behind the names of several areas in Jakarta stored stories, stories and history from which her name appears.

Here below are some of the origins of famous local names in Jakarta:

A. Glodok

Grojok origin of the word which is called from the sound of water falling from the shower water. In that place there is a kind of Yore Ciliwung reservoir water reservoirs. China, China, and the descendants of people mentioned as glodok grojok China, made difficult because people say the word grojok like natives.

B. Kwitang

Once in the area of land partly occupied and owned by landlords who were very wealthy once named Huey Tang Kiam. People used to call the Batavia era was as a ward of the KWI pliers and finally after a long time the place was named Kwitang.

C. Senayan

First senayan regions are the property of someone named wangsanaya originating from Bali. The land is called the people with the title, which means land wangsanayan residential property wangsanaya atan. Gradually, people abbreviate the name eventually became senayan wangsanayan.

D. Extra: Menteng

Menteng area in Central Jakarta in the days of yore is that a lot of forest fruit trees. Because many fruit trees menteng people call the area with the village name menteng. After the land was bought by the Dutch Government in 1912 as the location of the Dutch East Indies government employee housing area then called menteng.