page_title: Glodok
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Glodok / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: bahasa Indonesianya: Pecinan
context_page_description: Glodok is an urban village of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The area is also known as Pecinan or Chinatown since the Dutch colonial era, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia. Majority of the traders and residents of Glodok are Chinese descent. The area dates back to colonial times when in November 1740, Dutch East Indies Company designated Glodok as a residential area for ethnic Chinese. Administratively, the area is a kelurahan under the Taman Sari subdistrict, West Jakarta.
  Glodok is notable as one of biggest trading centers for electronic goods in Jakarta.
caption: Chap Goh Mei celebration in Glodok
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