Senayan, Kebayoran Baru Explained

Official Name:	Senayan
Settlement Type:	Administrative village
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	DKI Jakarta
Subdivision Type2:	Administrative city
Subdivision Name2:	South Jakarta
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Kebayoran Baru
Leader Title:	Leader
Postal Code Type:	Postal code

Senayan is an administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian) at Kebayoran Baru subdistrict, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The post code is 12190.

Boundaries

The borders of Senayan are:^[1]

• Semanggi Flyover in the north
• General Sudirman Street in Gelora administrative village, Tanah Abang subdistrict, Central Jakarta in the west
• General Gatot Subroto Street in Karet Semanggi administrative village, Setiabudi subdistrict in the east
• Selong administrative village in the south.

It is worth noting that despite the name used, the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex - which is also known as Gelora Senayan Sports Complex, is not within the boundaries of this administrative village, not even in South Jakarta. The sports complex lies within the up-north adjacent Gelora administrative village, which is under the administrative municipality of Central Jakarta.

Highlights

Among the important national as well as regional landmarks located in this area are:

• Headquarters of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police
• The office of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board
• Plaza Mandiri, the headquarters office of Bank Mandiri - the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of assets, loans and deposits
• Headquarters office of the Directorate General of Taxation - the tax office of Indonesia
• The SCBD - one of Jakarta's prominent business and commercial centers
• The Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) building is located in this area within the SCBD.
• The Widya Chandra residential complex, in which many Indonesian government ministers have their official residences, is also located in this area.

Toponym

The name Senayan is derived from the word Wangsanayan, "land of Wangsanayan". According to De Haan, Wangsanayan was a lieutenant from Bali who lived at the end of the 17th century, but little is known about him.^[2] As time progressed, Wangsanayan was shortened to Senayan.^[3]

See also

• Plaza Senayan, a shopping mall
• Senayan City, a mixed-use development
• Senayan MRT station

Notes and References

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2. (De Haan 1911:174)
3. Web site: Asal Usul Nama Tempat Di Jakarta . www.scribd.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090223120201/http://www.scribd.com/doc/6516621/Asal-Usul-Nama-Tempat-Di-Jakarta . 2009-02-23.