Bantar Gebang is administratively a
kelurahan
In Indonesia, village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision and the smallest administrative division of Indonesia below a district, regency/city, and province. Similar administrative divisions outside of Indonesia include barangays in t ...
or village in
Bekasi
Bekasi (, ) is the
List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of West Java, Indonesia, located on the eastern border of Jakarta. It serves as a commuter town, commuter city within the Jakarta m ...
city, Indonesia, but it usually refers to the
massive trash dump in the area. Between 6,000 and 20,000 people are estimated to live on the site.
See also
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Payatas
Payatas is an administrative division in eastern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay located in the 2nd district of Quezon City adjacent to the barangays of Commonwealth, Batasan Hills and Bagong Silangan.
Etymology
The ...
, similar urban dump in Greater Manila, Philippines.
External Sites
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Bantar Gebang: Trials and Tribulations of Indonesia's 'Trash Heroes' Jakarta Globe
References
Landfills
Administrative villages in Indonesia
Slums in Indonesia
Bekasi
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