Glodok

{{Infobox settlement | name = Glodok | native_name = 裹踱刻 <br> Golodog | native_name_lang = zh | settlement_type = [[Administrative village]] | image_skyline = Enter the Glodok, a Jakarta Chinatown - JKT (22-02-2024).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Glodok Pancoran [[paifang]] gate | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = Taman Sari is the easternmost district | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates =  | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_type = | coordinates_footnotes = | coordinates_region = | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Jakarta]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|Administrative city]] | subdivision_name2 = [[West Jakarta]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Jakarta|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Taman Sari (Jakarta)|Taman Sari]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric  | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes =  | area_rural_footnotes =  | area_metro_footnotes =  | area_magnitude =  | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title =  | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 =  | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = 11120 | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Glodok''' ({{zh|t=裹踱刻|p=guǒ duó kè}}) is an [[Villages of Indonesia|urban village]] of [[Taman Sari (Jakarta)|Taman Sari]], [[West Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. The area has been known as a ''[[Pecinan]]'' or Chinatown since the [[Dutch East India Company]] designated Glodok as a residential area for ethnic Chinese in November 1740, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. The majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are of [[Indonesian Chinese|Chinese]] descent. Administratively, the area is a ''[[Village (Indonesia)|kelurahan]]'' under the [[Taman Sari (Jakarta)|Taman Sari]] district, [[West Jakarta]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Wahyu Adityo Prodjo |date=16 February 2018 |title=Disinggung Sandiaga Uno, Ini Asal-usul Kawasan Pecinan Glodok |work=Kompas.com |url=https://travel.kompas.com/read/2018/02/16/192000427/disinggung-sandiaga-uno-ini-asal-usul-kawasan-pecinan-glodok |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

Glodok is one of biggest trading centers for electronic goods in [[Jakarta]].

==History== [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Glodok wijk te Djakarta TMnr 10014951.jpg|thumb|Glodok in 1953.]]

===Toponymy=== The word Glodok came from the [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] word "[[wikt:golodog|Golodog]]" ([[Sundanese script]]: [[wikt:ᮌᮧᮜᮧᮓᮧᮌ᮪|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.<ref>[http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/berita/0109/08/jab07.html Dari ”Grojok” Menjadi Glodok]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Early history=== In Batavia (now [[Jakarta]]), the [[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 to [[Java]]. 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.

===Recent history=== On 9 October 1740, [[1740 Batavia massacre|5,000 Chinese were massacred]] and the following year, Chinese inhabitants were [[ghettoized]] in Glodok outside the city walls.<ref name="LONELYPLANETp138-139">{{cite book | last =Witton | first =Patrick | title =Indonesia | publisher =Lonely Planet | year =2003 | location =Melbourne | pages =138–139| isbn=1-74059-154-2 }}</ref> In 1998, Glodok was one of the major areas attacked during the [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia|May 1998 riots]], primarily due to tensions between ''[[pribumi]]'' and Chinese Indonesians who lived there, who were accused of hoarding the nation's wealth. In 2006, practitioners of [[Falun 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2006 |title=Falun Gong in Jakarta |url=https://www.indonesiamatters.com/570/falun-gong-in-jakarta/ |website=indonesiamatters.com}}</ref>

==Attractions== [[File:Old City Chinese quarter.jpg|thumb|Old Chinese style houses in Glodok]] [[File:Klenteng Jin De Yuan, Glodok, Jakarta.jpg|thumb|[[Kim Tek Ie Temple]], established in 1650]] [[Image:Glodok in 2006 with a sign forbidding Falun Gong.jpg|thumb|An anti-[[Falun Gong]] sign on the streets of Glodok, taken in 2006.]] [[File:Glodok lama.jpg|thumb|right|Glodok in 2016.]] [[File:Glodok, 13 November 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Glodok in 2017.]] {{Pie chart|caption= Religion in Glodok, West Jakarta (2020)|label1=[[Buddhism]]|color1=Yellow|value1=42.8|label2=[[Protestantism]]|color2= Aqua|value2=22.1|label3=[[Catholic Church|Catholic]]|color3= Purple|value3=15.8|label4=[[Islam]]|color4= Green|value4=19.3|label5=[[Hinduism]]|color5=Blue|value5=0.1}} [[File:Glodok.jpg|thumb|Gate and Earth Deity Shrine at Jalan Kemenangan VII, Glodok.]] [[File:Liong.jpg|thumb|[[Dragon Dance]] attraction in Glodok]]

===Chinatown=== As for shopping centre, most of the vendors in Glodok are [[Chinese Indonesian]]s. Glodok is the biggest [[Chinatown]] 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 and [[manual labor]]ers. Most of them came from [[Fujian]] and [[Guangdong]] 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 and ''pribumi'' made a language known as [[Betawi language]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Tri Wahyuni |date=19 February 2015 |title=Hikayat Kawasan Petak Sembilan |work=CNN Indonesia |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20150219153719-269-33379/hikayat-kawasan-petak-sembilan |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> [[Chinese New Year]] celebrations and Cap Go Meh celebrations held in the area are major attractions, after president [[Gus Dur]] began lifting restrictions in 2000. The area is now a spot to buy Chinese food, traditional Chinese medicine and cheap electronic goods.

===Shopping=== Glodok and contiguous of [[Mangga Dua, Jakarta|Mangga Dua]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mangga Dua shopping center |url=http://www.jakarta-cityhotels.com/jakarta/mangga-dua/ |url-status=dead |website=jakarta-cityhotels.com |access-date=2012-01-21 |archive-date=2017-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326171117/http://www.jakarta-cityhotels.com/jakarta/mangga-dua/ }}</ref> are one of the biggest shopping centres in Southeast Asia. It stretches from Pancoran street to Gunung Sahari street and has approximately 500,000 m<sup>2</sup> of shopping centres. Beside sales of electronic consumer goods, Glodok is also the biggest market for original and bootleg audio and video discs. ===Culinary=== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 March 2017 |title=The glorious culinary gem of Gang Gloria in Glodok |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/03/01/the-glorious-culinary-gem-of-gang-gloria-in-glodok.html |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

===Temples and church=== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Jessicha Valentina |date=5 May 2017 |title=Jakpost guide to Glodok |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/05/05/jakpost-guide-to-glodok.html |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> Santa de Fatima Catholic Church, which is built in Chinese architecture located at Jl. Kemurnian III.

===Demographics=== 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, where [[Buddhism]] was 42.8%, then [[Christianity]] 37.9% ([[Protestantism|Protestant]] 22.1% and [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] 15.8%), [[Islam]] 19, 3%, and a small proportion of [[Hinduism|Hindus]] 0.1%.

==Transport== There are many bus rapid transit (BRT) and feeder services provided by [[Transjakarta]], where BRT [[Transjakarta Corridor 1|Corridor 1]] stops at the [[Glodok (Transjakarta)|Glodok BRT station]]. {{Stnlnk|Jakarta Kota}}, [[Kampung Bandan railway station|Kampung Bandan]], [[Mangga Besar railway station|Mangga Besar]] and [[Jayakarta railway station|Jayakarta]] stations of [[KRL Commuterline]] are located adjacent to the area.

==See also== {{Portal|Jakarta|Indonesia}} * [[Kim Tek Ie Temple]] ({{lang|zh|金德院}}) * [[Chinese Indonesians]] * [[Legislation on Chinese Indonesians]] * [[1740 Batavia massacre]] * [[1918 Kudus riot]] * [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia]] * [[Chinatowns in Asia]]

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==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/?articleID=2652 Jakarta's Battered Chinatown Stages a Comeback] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120107150006/http://www.jakartaexpat.com/community/buddhist-temples.html Buddhist temples in Jakarta]}}

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