Friday, February 26, 2016

A man from Batavia carrying his warung (c. 1870)

A man from Batavia carrying his warung (c. 1870)

Kota Tua Jakarta ("Jakarta Old Town"), officially known as Kota Tua,[1] is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of JakartaIndonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia (Dutch "Old Batavia"), Benedenstad (Dutch "Lower City", contrasting it with Weltevredende Bovenstad ("Upper City")), or Kota Lama (Indonesian "Old Town"). It spans 1.3 square kilometres within North Jakarta and West Jakarta (Kelurahan Pinangsia, Taman Sari and Kelurahan Roa Malaka, Tambora). The largely Chinese downtown area of Glodok is a part of Kota Tua.

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