Kalibata

Kalibata
Country Indonesia
ProvinceDKI Jakarta
Administrative citySouth Jakarta
DistrictPancoran

Kalibata is a kelurahan (literally "ward", in this case the smallest unit in the sub-division of urban areas), part of Pancoran which is itself a subdistrict of South Jakarta, Indonesia. The ward name comes from "kali" and "bata" meaning river mostly filled with rocks, so the local people called this place as Kalibata[1] The word Kalibata started to be a common word when a shoes factory plant, Bata that was located there during the previous Dutch occupation.[2]

  1. ^ History of Kalibatahttps://selatan.jakarta.go.id/modul/kelurahan/kalibata/pemerintahan/profil
  2. ^ "Thomas Bata's world". www.world.tomasbata.org. 12 June 2022.