Cawang is administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian

Indonesian language

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) at Kramat Jati

Kramat Jati

Kramat Jati is a subdistrict of East Jakarta, Indonesia. The boundaries of Kramat Jati are Jagorawi tollway to the east, Ciliwung to the west, and Jakarta-Cikampek Tollway to the north....

 subdistrict

Subdistrict

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, North Jakarta

North Jakarta

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. The border of Cawang are :

• MT Haryono Street in the north
• Ciliwung River
  Ciliwung River
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   in the west
• General Sutoyo Street in the east
• Kalibata Street and 14th Public Highschool (SMA 14) Street in the south

The zip code of this administrative village is 13630.

Toponym

The name Cawang derived from the name of a Malay Lieutenant who served the Dutch, called Enci Awang. (Awang, perhaps the nickname of Anwar). The name of Enci Awang eventually turned into Cawang. Awang was subordinate of Lieutenant Captain Enci Wan Abdul Bagus, who along with his team who lived in the area now known as Kampung Melayu, south of Jatinegara

Jatinegara

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