Glodok 裹踱刻 Golodog | |
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.jpg) Glodok Pancoranpaifang gate | |
 Interactive map of Glodok | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Jakarta |
| Administrative city | West Jakarta |
| District | Taman Sari |
| Postal code | 11120 |
Glodok (Chinese:裹踱刻;pinyin:guǒ duó kè) is anurban village ofTaman Sari,West Jakarta,Indonesia. The area is also known asPecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok areChinese descent. The area dates back to colonial times when in November 1740, the Dutch East Indies Company designated Glodok as a residential area for ethnic Chinese. Administratively, the area is akelurahan under theTaman Sari district,West Jakarta.[1]
Glodok is one of biggest trading centers for electronic goods inJakarta.
The word Glodok came from theSundanese word "Golodog" (Sundanese script:ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪), meaning entrance to a house, as Sunda Kalapa (Jakarta) is the gateway to the ancient Sundanese Kingdom. It was also thought that the name came from the "grojok grojok" sound that water makes coming out of a waterspout in the yard of the Cityhall (Stadhuis), now the Jakarta Museum. A waterspout was built on this site in 1743 and was used for daily needs such as a watering hole for horses.[2]
In Batavia (nowJakarta),Dutch East India Company created commercial opportunities which attracted immigrants from many areas of what is now Indonesia. This economic activity also lured thousands of Chinese people toJava. Swift immigration challenged the city's limited infrastructure and created burdens on the city. Tensions grew as the colonial government tried to restrict Chinese migration through deportations.
On 9 October 1740,5,000 Chinese were massacred and the following year, Chinese inhabitants wereghettoized in Glodok outside the city walls.[3] In 1998, Glodok was one of major areas attacked during theMay 1998 riots, primarily due to tensions betweenpribumi and Chinese Indonesians who lived there, who were accused of hoarding the nation's wealth. In 2006, practitioners ofFalun Gong were reportedly "assaulted" during a meditation session. A Falun Gong representative suggested that the assailants were sent by the Chinese embassy, though a local news organization noted another possible motivation: that Falun Gong practitioners had been "disrupting business" by distributing pamphlets.[4]
As for shopping centre, most of the vendors in Glodok areChinese Indonesians. Glodok is the biggestChinatown area in Indonesia, and one of the biggest Chinatowns in the world. The Chinatown covers three main areas, namely Gang Gloria (Gloria alley), Jalan Pancoran and Petak Sembilan. The Chinese came to Jakarta since the 17th century as traders andmanual laborers. Most of them came fromFujian andGuangdong provinces in southern China. Centred on Pintu Besar Selatan Road, it has become a commercial hub for the relatively prosperous Chinese community. Assimilation between Chinese andpribumi made a language known asBetawi language.[5]Chinese New Year celebrations and Cap Go Meh celebrations held in the area are major attractions, after presidentGus Dur began lifting restrictions in 2000. The area is now a spot to buy Chinese food, traditional Chinese medicine and cheap electronic goods.
Glodok and contiguous ofMangga Dua[6] are one of the biggest shopping centres in Southeast Asia. It stretches from Pancoran street to Gunung Sahari street and has approximately 500,000 m2 of shopping centres. Beside sales of electronic consumer goods, Glodok is also the biggest market for original and bootleg audio and video discs.
Other than shopping, Glodok is a spot to buy Chinese food, traditional Chinese medicine and cheap electronic goods. Gang Gloria is a famous place for a wide array of dishes, including gado-gado (mixed vegetables served with peanut sauce), soto betawi (beef cooked in coconut milk), ketupat sayur (rice cakes served with coconut milk and vegetables), sek ba (pork offal stewed in soy sauce) and more. Established in 1927, the legendary Kopi Es Tak Kie coffee shop specializes in iced coffee. Rujak Shanghai Encim (boiled cuttlefish, radish, cucumber, and water spinach with red sauce and peanut sprinkle) this fresh salad was established around 1950s. This kind of dish is very rare, and only able find it at Glodok.[7]
There are four old temples in the area, namely Dharma Bhakti Temple, Dharma Sakti Temple, Hui Tek Bio temple and Dharma Jaya Toasebio Temple.Kim Tek Ie Temple also known as Dharma Bhakti Temple, which was established in 1650 is the oldest temple in Jakarta.[8]Santa de Fatima Catholic Church, which is built in Chinese architecture located at Jl. Kemurnian III.
In 2016, this subdistrict was inhabited by 8,626 residents consisting of 4,407 men and 4,219 women with a sex ratio of 104.46 and 4,772 heads of families.
Then in terms of religion, the population of this sub-district is also quite diverse. Based on data from the West Jakarta City Central Statistics Agency in 2020, the number of religious adherents in this sub-district was recorded, whereBuddhism was 42.8%, thenChristianity 37.9% (Protestant 22.1% andCatholic 15.8%),Islam 19, 3%, and a small proportion ofHindus 0.1%.
There are many bus rapid transit (BRT) and feeder services provided byTransjakarta, where BRTCorridor 1 stops at theGlodok BRT station.Jakarta Kota,Kampung Bandan,Mangga Besar andJayakarta stations ofKRL Commuterline are located adjacent to the area.
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