Kemayoran is a district of Central Jakarta, Jakarta in Indonesia. It was best known for the former Kemayoran Airport and it has been transforming as a new central business district. As of 2023, it consists of numerous four and five-star hotels, restaurants, premium office towers, hospitals as well as shopping and entertainment centers. Kemayoran is also home to the Jakarta Fair, the largest and longest fair in Southeast Asia that attracts more than 4 million visitors annually.
Kemayoran Skyline
Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin attributed to Jan de Baen, the landlord of several areas in Java, including Kemayoran in what is now Jakarta.
The construction of Kemayoran Airport in Kemayoran.
Central Jakarta is one of the five administrative cities and de facto Capital City of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 census and 1,056,896 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 1,107,357, comprising 556,040 males and 551,317 females. Central Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city council, hence it is not classified as a proper municipality.
View of Central Jakarta to the northeast from the National Monument, c. 1970s. Istiqlal Mosque was being built in front of already standing Jakarta Cathedral.
The view of Central Jakarta from the viewing tower at the National Monument
