Cawang is an administrative village (''

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 ...

'' in Indonesian) at Kramat Jati

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East Jakarta East Jakarta (; ), abbreviated as Jaktim, is the largest of the five administrative cities (''kota administrasi'') which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia, with a land area of 188.03 km2 (72.6 sq.miles). It had a population ...

. The borders of Cawang are: * MT Haryono Road in the north * Ciliwung River in the west * General Sutoyo Road in the east * Kalibata Road and 14th Public High School (''SMA 14'') Street in the south The

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of this administrative village is 13630.

Toponym

The name ''Cawang'' derived from the name of a Malay lieutenant who served the Dutch, called Encik Awang. The name of Enci Awang eventually turned into Cawang. Awang was subordinate of Lieutenant Captain Encik Wan Abdul Bagus, who along with his team lived in the area now known as Kampung Melayu, south of

Jatinegara Jatinegara (originally known as Meester Cornelis or Meester/Mester for short) is one of the districts () of the administrative city of East Jakarta, Indonesia. The name also refers to the larger, historic area of the colonial town of Meester Corn ...

. According another sources, Cawang name originated from Cai Wang Hui (蔡汪惠), a Chinese merchant who escaped from the Batavia massacre which that time took place in Batavia city centre and built his residence there which would become known as Cawang like today.

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