Lagoa (North Jakarta)

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Lagoa is an administrative village ( kelurahan in Indonesian) at Koja subdistrict, North Jakarta. The borders of Lagoa are:

The office of Koja subdistrict is in this administrative village. The zip code of this administrative village is 14270.

Toponymy

06°06′52″S106°54′37″E / 6.11444°S 106.91028°E / -6.11444; 106.91028 The name Lagoa possibly from the folklore about the La Gowa, the descent Bugis (or Mandar) silat master which were stay here in early time. [1] But the name Lagoa comes from the word lagoa which means lake or marsh in Portuguese.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Maryono, O'ong. Re: (silatindonesia) Pitung , milis silatindonesia (Komunitas Pencak Silat Indonesia), 2 April 2008. Diakses 27 September 2010.