Bintaro Jaya

Bintaro Jaya is an planned township developed by PT. Jaya Real Property (formerly PT Bintaro Jaya).^[1] Development of the township was started in 1979 and it is still growing.This independent city was first within South Jakarta, then extends to South Tangerang within Greater Jakarta . Total land area of this satellite city is about 1000 hectares.The name Bintaro is derived from the Bintaro Village, which also takes the name of Bintaro plant, while Jaya comes from the name of the developer.

Sectors and Districts

The township is divided into 9 sectors. Sector 1 and 2 of the city located at Ciputat of South Jakarta, where as sector 3-9 is at Pondok Aren of South Tangerang. But now sectors are arranged into districts named as Menteng, Gems, Castle, Emerald, Kebayoran and Discovery. The township has many office buldings along with the residential clusters. There is a hospital names RS Premier Bintaro within the township. There are mosques, churches, clubs, driving range and playground.

Educational institutions

• British School Jakarta,^[2]
• Jakarta Japanese School (ジャカルタ日本人学校),^[3]
• Global Jaya International School
• Universitas Pembangunan Jaya
• SD-SMP Pembangunan Jaya
• BPK Penabur Bintaro

Malls, Retails, and Accommodation

• Bintaro Plaza
• Bintaro Xchange Mall
• Lotte Mart
• Bintaro Entertainment Center(BEC)
• Bintaro Modern Market/Pasar Modern
• Carrefour
• Giant Hypermarket
• Ace Hardware
• Hero Supermarket
• Electronic City
• Santika Hotel

Transportation

The township is connected with Green Line of Jakarta Commuter Rail network. Bintaro Jaya also has direct access to Ulujami-Serpong Toll Road. TransJakarta operates feeder routes to connect the township with Jakarta.^[4] It has shuttle bus services both for within the township and to connect other parts of Jakarta, which are known as Trans Bintaro and Intrans Bintaro Jaya respectively.

See also

• South Tangerang
• Jabodetabek

References

Coordinates: 6°16′52″S 106°42′07″E / 6.28111°S 106.70194°E / -6.28111; 106.70194