Lagoa (North Jakarta)
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Lagoa is administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian
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) at Koja
Koja, Jakarta
Koja is a subdistrict of North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is known as the location of Kampung Tugu, a historic Portuguese-influenced neighborhood in North Jakarta....

 subdistrict
Subdistrict
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, North Jakarta
North Jakarta
North Jakarta is one of the five cities of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta....

. The border of Lagoa are :
  • Cilincing Raya Street at Koja administrative village in the north
  • Pinang River (Kali Pinang in Indonesian
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    ) in the west
  • Kramat Raya Street at Koja administrative village in the east
  • Mundu Street and Johar Street in the south


The office of Koja
Koja, Jakarta
Koja is a subdistrict of North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is known as the location of Kampung Tugu, a historic Portuguese-influenced neighborhood in North Jakarta....

 subdistrict is in this administrative village. The zip code of this administrative village is 14270.

Toponomy

The name Lagoa possibly from the folklore about the La Gowa, the descent Bugis
Bugis
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 (or Mandar) silat
Silat
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master which were stay here in early time.
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