Cawang, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta


Cawang is an administrative village at Kramat Jati subdistrict, East Jakarta. The borders of Cawang are:
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.