Kalibata is a kelurahan (literally "ward", in this case the smallest unit in the sub-division of urban areas), part of Pancoran which is itself a subdistrict of South Jakarta, Indonesia.

The ward name comes from "kali" and "bata" meaning river mostly filled with rocks, so the local people called this place as Kalibata[1] The word Kalibata started to be a common word when a shoes factory plant, Bata that was located there during the previous Dutch occupation.

Australia's Prime Ministers Rudd and Gillard have paid visits to lay wreaths at the cemetery.

The 7,000 sqm Kalibata City Forest, which serves as Outbound Adventure Park, is designed to be the 'lung' of the superblock.

The Jakarta Police arrested members of a prostitution ring operating out of the Kalibata City after discovering that the group had been attracting customers through Twitter.