Dago, Bandung
subdistrict in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
Dago is an area in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It covers Jalan H. Juanda (H. Juanda Street) and the surrounding area. The lower (southern) Dago area near Jalan Merdeka is one of the trendy areas of Bandung, with shops, shopping malls, cafes, boutiques, and many restaurants and entertainment centers.
The upper (northern) area has many old Dutch villas and wider boulevards with tall trees lining the streets. The famous Dago Tea House, built during Dutch colonial times, is located here. The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) is located just west of the upper Dago area and neighbors the Bandung Zoo. A major private hospital, St. Boromeus, is also located on the street. A major public transportation terminal is also nearby.
The extreme northern parts are called Dago Pakar, which in recent years have seen the construction of many new restaurants offering dramatic views and vistas of the greater Bandung area.
The public source identifies “Dago, Bandung” as subdistrict in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dago, Bandung and subdistrict.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5208616. Authority coordinates are -6.873, 107.616. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dago, Bandung” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.