Cawang, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta

Cawang is an administrative village at Kramat Jati subdistrict, East Jakarta. 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 Street in the south

The postal code 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. According another sources, Cawang name originated from Cai Wang Hui, 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.