Kelapa Gading
district in North Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia
Kelapa Gading or also known as KG or Gading, is a district (Indonesian: kecamatan) of the administrative city of North Jakarta, Indonesia. The district is known to the local population as a city within a city, due to the integrated residential-commercial planning, and the supporting facilities.
History
The area that was going to be Kelapa Gading was an undeveloped marshland and sparsed agricultural land until 1976, when a local real estate developer company, known as PT Summarecon Agung, developed the area into a more productive land by establishing an integrated residential-commercial area in a grid-like urban planning with main boulevards and supporting facilities including schools and hospitals.
Government
As a district (Indonesian kecamatan), Kelapa Gading is the southernmost district of North Jakarta. Kelapa Gading has a total land area of 1,633.7 hectares (4,037 acres). The district is bounded by Bekasi Raya - Perintis Kemerdekaan Road to the south, Sunter Canal to the west, Bendungan Batik Canal to the north, and Cakung - Petukangan River to the east.
Kelapa Gading is divided into 3 kelurahan (administrative villages):
Kelapa Gading Barat - area code 14240
Kelapa Gading Timur - area code 14240
Pegangsaan Dua - area code 14250
Residential
Kelapa Gading as a residential area is generally targeted toward the middle to upper market, though there are exceptions with non-gated residences. The residences of Kuta and Artha Gading Villa in Bukit Gading Villa are up-market areas in the location. The prime location and luxury contribute to the price factor. About 65% of the residents of Kelapa Gading are Chinese Indonesians.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kelapa Gading” as district in North Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as district in North Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q193545. Authority coordinates are -6.160, 106.903. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kelapa Gading” 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.