Grogol

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Grogol
Country Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Region Special Capital Region of Jakarta
City (Kota) West Jakarta
District (Kecamatan) Grogol Petamburan
Area
  Total1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population
  Total27,896
  Density23,000/km2 (59,000/sq mi)
Postal code
11450

Grogol is an urban administrative village in the Grogol Petamburan subdistrict of West Jakarta, Indonesia. The triangle-shaped administrative village is bounded by the West Flood Canal to the east, Jakarta Inner Ring Road to the west, and Jalan Kyai Tapa to the south. It was among the first Jakarta's planned suburb established during the 1960s.

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As of 2004 it had a population of 27,896. [1] It has postal code of 11450.

History

Grogol started as a lunatic asylum which was converted in a Japanese Internment Camp for civilians during World War II. [2]

Triangle-shaped Grogol began as a new residential suburb built on 25 hectares of land. This land has been allocated by the Jakarta city government in 1952 for housing, especially for public servants which includes a number of members from the parliament. [3] The area was established around the 1960s.

Grogol was located on the eastern side of the West Flood Canal and was designed to be flood-proof as a conscious effort to address Jakarta's regular flooding problems. Despite the planning, heavy rains in February 1960 flooded the residential area in Grogol up to the knee and waist. [3] The February 1960s flooding was the first crisis for Governor Soemarno, who was installed only days before the floods began. [3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Grogol Petamburan, Kecamatan". Ensiklopedi Jakarta (in Indonesian). Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013.
  2. "Grogol". Japanse Burgerkampen (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Merrillees 2015, p. 17.

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