Tanah Abang

[1] Contrary to what is colloquially stated, the city's important Textile Museum is in West Jakarta (Kelurahan Kota Bambu Selatan, Palmerah District), just over the western border.

[4] The market is the main forum for textile trade orders in Indonesia and the biggest in Southeast Asia, with much of its business conducted by sample, enabling side-by-side comparisons of competitors in quality, design, and innovation in all types of textile applications and fashion.

[5] Blok A is the largest, covering 160,000 square meters, having almost 8,000 kiosks, and is visited by about 80,000 buyers on busy days, with daily transactions averaging about Rp 500 billion ($43 million).

[6] In November 2017, Governor Anies Baswedan claimed that congestion in the Tanah Abang district was caused by pedestrians instead of street vendors conducting business on the area's sidewalks and roads.

[11][12] The district is divided into seven kelurahan (administrative villages) and their area codes are given: TVRI Tower Footnotes Citations

The western half of Sudirman Central Business District is in Tanah Abang District, Central Jakarta.
A view of Tanah Abang [ 2 ] District centered on the Kebon Melati reservoir. The constructed high rises, in Thamrin City mall, is later host to an apartment and a hotel. The large green building in the distance is Tanah Abang market.
Kali Tanah Abang (circa 1910)
Jakarta's iconic TVRI tower and now-closed theme park Taman Ria are both located at Tanah Abang.