Ciliwung

Ci Liwung
Sungai Ciliwung, Tji Liwoeng, Tjiliwoeng, Tjiliwung
Lower Ci Liwung at Jakarta
Ciliwung is located in Java
Ciliwung
Ciliwung is located in Indonesia
Ciliwung
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvincesWest Java, Jakarta
CitiesJakarta, Depok, Bogor
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Pangrango, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia
 • coordinates6°44′23″S 106°56′59″E / 6.739846°S 106.949692°E / -6.739846; 106.949692
 • elevation3,002 m (9,849 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
 • coordinates
6°07′00″S 106°49′42″E / 6.11667°S 106.82833°E / -6.11667; 106.82833
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length119 km (74 mi)
Basin size375 km2 (145 sq mi)
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Ci Liwung ("K. Ciliwung "), bottom center in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)

The Ciliwung (often written as Ci Liwung as the "ci" prefix simply translates as "river"; also as Tjiliwoeng in Dutch, Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮜᮤᮝᮥᮀ) is a 119 km long river in the northwestern region of Java where it flows through two provinces, West Java and the special region of Jakarta. The natural estuary of the Ciliwung, known as the Kali Besar ("Big River"), was an important strategic point for trade in the precolonial and colonial periods and was instrumental in the founding of the port city of Jakarta, but has been lost from a reorganization of the watercourse of the rivers around the area into canals.

  1. ^ DPRI Ciliwung Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine