Grogol Explained

Official Name:Grogol
Settlement Type:Administrative village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Special Capital Region of Jakarta
Subdivision Type2:City (Kota)
Subdivision Name2:West Jakarta
Subdivision Type3:District (Kecamatan)
Subdivision Name3:Grogol Petamburan
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:11450
Area Total Km2:1.22
Population Total:27896
Population Density Km2:auto

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.

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. 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. The February 1960s flooding was the first crisis for Governor Soemarno, who was installed only days before the floods began.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grogol Petamburan, Kecamatan. Ensiklopedi Jakarta . id. Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov. https://web.archive.org/web/20130903223018/http://www.jakarta.go.id/web/encyclopedia/detail/1097/Grogol-Petamburan-Kecamatan . 3 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Grogol. Japanse Burgerkampen. 9 July 2020. nl. 17 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417051343/https://japanseburgerkampen.nl/GrogolE.htm. dead.