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History

A Dutch East India Company record from 1675 first mentioned this area, with its earliest spelling Poelo Gadongh, as plantation land managed by a Javanese man named Soeta Annem.⁴ In 1790, this plantation land was owned by Martinus Jacobus Balje, a landowner and member of the Batavia city council, who held a market there every Friday.⁵⁶ During Governor-General Daendels' administration (1808-1811), a well-maintained road passable by carriages already ran through this area, connecting Tjilintjing (now Cilincing District) to Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara District).⁷

After Indonesia's independence, Pulo Gadung officially became a district based on Government Regulation No. 25 of 1978 concerning the formation of city and district territories within the Special Capital Region of Jakarta.⁸ The area was initially known for its production of various household furniture. Since the 1970s, the district developed significantly with many factories and an industrial estate, with an intercity bus terminal serving as its supporting infrastructure.⁹

The name Pulo Gadung itself comes from the combination of the word pulo, meaning island or land by the river, and the word gadung (Dioscorea hispida), which refers to a type of yam that once grew abundantly in the area.¹⁰

Kelurahan (administrative villages)

It is divided into seven administrative villages (kelurahan), listed below with their areas, populations (as of 2024), and post codes.¹¹¹²

List of important places

• Cipinang Penitentiary Institution
• Jakarta International Velodrome
• Jakarta International Equestrian Park
• Jakarta State University
• Klender railway station
• Pulogadung Terminal
• Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung
• I3L

Cited works

• BPS Jakarta Timur (2024). Pulo Gadung Dalam Angka 2024 [Pulo Gadung in Figures 2024]. Katalog-BPS 1102001.3172100. Jakarta: Badan Pusat Statistik Kota Jakarta Timur. Retrieved 2025-06-30.

6°11′40.56″S 106°53′19.32″E / 6.1946000°S 106.8887000°E / -6.1946000; 106.8887000

References

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2. (BPS Jakarta Timur 2024, p. 8) - BPS Jakarta Timur (2024). Pulo Gadung Dalam Angka 2024 [Pulo Gadung in Figures 2024]. Katalog-BPS 1102001.3172100. Jakarta: Badan Pusat Statistik Kota Jakarta Timur. Retrieved 2025-06-30. https://web-api.bps.go.id/download.php?f=sDvkFnw3uQeGyYbLwpMPYjBGUGN1RkFYUDFOUzl4VlVybHpidVZQSHZTSWlkdVFIbmJ4b2Z0anFGaDR0ZFQ0QmpERjRFV1BEa1FXTjNzQ0hRL0NFS2E5L3VkYkx2UVQ5UDJ0a3RMRkNjOFVNY3pRRndtdTlkdE5TcTlsdGl3bFRiYzJ1d3htcjM0K1daaFJjOHRGNnFOOWlxbE1UMXZ3ZzJuTWFQd2g4VGVqWGdLS0ppanhVUEdjVGR6WFVhU244bWgvNm1EYWJIelB3cTcwZVZrQmF1MjExOWk1MlA3MEdkMlIxeGhIWlZkRVVsUU1sTTN5SURrdC9XcmlkSkIraGxjeGRMN2ZXOTZubDF6Slg=&_gl=1*9tmkhs*_ga*MTY0Mzc2MTMwNi4xNzUwMDg5MjA1*_ga_XXTTVXWHDB*czE3NTAzMDkzNTUkbzQkZzEkdDE3NTAzMDkzOTUkajIwJGwwJGgw ↩

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9. Abdullah, Nurudin (2014-12-27). "Tahukah Anda Asal Usul Nama Pulo Gadung Jakarta?" [Do You Know the Origin of the Name Pulo Gadung Jakarta?]. Bisnis.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-01-12. https://kabar24.bisnis.com/read/20141227/387/386096/tahukah-anda-asal-usul-nama-pulo-gadung-jakarta ↩

10. M, Zaenuddin H. (2012). 212 asal-usul Djakarta tempo doeloe: disertai fakta, foto, dan kesaksian unik yang membawa anda ke masa lalu [212 origins of Jakarta in the past: accompanied by facts, photos and unique testimonies that take you to the past] (in Indonesian). Ufuk Press. ISBN 978-602-7689-04-6. Retrieved 2025-06-30. 978-602-7689-04-6 ↩

11. (BPS Jakarta Timur 2024, p. 6) - BPS Jakarta Timur (2024). Pulo Gadung Dalam Angka 2024 [Pulo Gadung in Figures 2024]. Katalog-BPS 1102001.3172100. Jakarta: Badan Pusat Statistik Kota Jakarta Timur. Retrieved 2025-06-30. https://web-api.bps.go.id/download.php?f=sDvkFnw3uQeGyYbLwpMPYjBGUGN1RkFYUDFOUzl4VlVybHpidVZQSHZTSWlkdVFIbmJ4b2Z0anFGaDR0ZFQ0QmpERjRFV1BEa1FXTjNzQ0hRL0NFS2E5L3VkYkx2UVQ5UDJ0a3RMRkNjOFVNY3pRRndtdTlkdE5TcTlsdGl3bFRiYzJ1d3htcjM0K1daaFJjOHRGNnFOOWlxbE1UMXZ3ZzJuTWFQd2g4VGVqWGdLS0ppanhVUEdjVGR6WFVhU244bWgvNm1EYWJIelB3cTcwZVZrQmF1MjExOWk1MlA3MEdkMlIxeGhIWlZkRVVsUU1sTTN5SURrdC9XcmlkSkIraGxjeGRMN2ZXOTZubDF6Slg=&_gl=1*9tmkhs*_ga*MTY0Mzc2MTMwNi4xNzUwMDg5MjA1*_ga_XXTTVXWHDB*czE3NTAzMDkzNTUkbzQkZzEkdDE3NTAzMDkzOTUkajIwJGwwJGgw ↩

12. "Daftar Kode Pos di Kecamatan Pulogadung" [List of Postal Codes in Pulogadung District] (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-07-05. https://kodepos.co.id/kodepos/dki-jakarta/kota-administrasi-jakarta-timur/pulogadung ↩