Kapuk, Cengkareng

Kapuk (Chinese: 卡普) is an administrative village in the Cengkareng district of Indonesia.[1] An industrial area, Kapuk is nonetheless also home to part of Pantai Indah Kapuk, one of Jakarta's most prestigious suburbs.[2]

Kapuk
Administrative village
Country Indonesia
ProvinceDKI Jakarta
RegencyJakarta
SubdistrictCengkareng
Postal code
11720

History

Kapuk formed part of the particuliere landerij or private domain of Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia, and later of his successor, the 2nd Majoor Tan Tjoen Tiat.[3]

It later formed part of the landholdings of N.V. Landbouw Maatschappij Tan Tiang Po, a colonial company belonging to Luitenant der Chinezen Tan Tiang Po and his son, Tan Liok Tiauw, Landheeren (or landlords) of Batoe-Tjepper.[4][5]

In 1988, the property developer Ciputra, backed by Indonesia's wealthiest man at the time Sudono Salim, developed the housing estate of Pantai Indah Kapuk, earmarked as a wealthy suburb of gated communities.[2]

Kapuk's postal code is 11720.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan (1979). Sistem Gotong Royong dalam Masyarakat Pedesaan Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta (in Indonesian). Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. Nas, Peter J. M. (2005). Directors of Urban Change in Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9781134267378. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. Lohanda, Mona (1994). The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942. Jakarta: Djambatan. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. "Tan Tiang Po Landbouw". Colonial Business Indonesia (in Dutch). Universiteit Leiden. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. Regeerings-Almanak voor Nederlandsch-Indie. 1927. University of California (April 27. 2009)

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