Jatinegara

Jatinegara
Coordinates	6 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  S , 106 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 6 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  S , 106 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  E

St. Jozef kerk (2011)

Jatinegara (formerly Meester Cornelis ) is a densely populated district in Jakarta Timur (East Jakarta).

More than 260,000 people live in the area, which is less than eleven square kilometers. The district hosts a market for local products. There is a semi-precious stone market, various mosques , Buddhist temples , Hindu temples , churches , office complexes and residential areas such as Utan Kayu, Kampung Melayu, Kampung Melayuen, Rawamangun and a train station with a connection to the center of Jakarta.

It is a poor slum with a population density of up to 36,000 people per square kilometer. There are water connections, but no sewage system. Typhoid and paratyphoid outbreaks often occur .

history

Jatinegara has been a district of Batavia , now Jakarta , since 1935 . Before that, it was an independent suburb called Meester Cornelis . Through the sovereignty treaty with the Republic of Indonesia of December 27, 1949, the name Batavia was changed to Jakarta. Other European names were also changed. Meester became Cornelis Jatinegara, which means land of teak wood. The long-established population continues to refer to the place as Mester, after the Portuguese name of Meester Cornelis van Senen , who formerly gave the area its name. Alternative spellings are Djati Negara and Batinegara . There were two explosions at the Kelurahan Kampung Melayu bus station on May 25, 2017. A total of three police officers died. At least 10 other people were injured.

Breakdown

The Jatinegara district is divided into 8 Kelurahan :

1. Bali Mester , postcode 13310
2. Kampung Melayu , postcode 13320
3. Bidaracina , postcode 13330
4. Cipinang Cempedak , postcode 13340
5. Rawa Bunga , postcode 13350
6. Cipinang Besar Utara , postcode 13410
7. Cipinang Besar Selatan , postcode 13410
8. Cipinang Muara , postcode 13420

Attractions

1. Gereja Koinonia, (Church, built 1911–1916, formerly better known as Bethel Church)
2. Pasar Mester, (Local Market)
3. Cipinang Besar Cemetery (Chinese Cemetery)
4. Kampung Melayu (bus station)
5. Jatinegara Railway Station

Sons and daughters

• Wim Nota (1919), Dutch athlete

Web links

• Tyfusonderzoek in Indonesian sloppenwijk. Besmetting van de man gaat door de maag
• Buiktyfus in het graf der Hollanders

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Three dead confirmed in Jakarta double bombing. Aljazeera, May 25, 2017, accessed May 25, 2017 .