Pal Meriam

Palmeriam is an administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian) in Matraman subdistrict, East Jakarta. The border of Palmeriam are :

• Paseban administrative village, Central Jakarta in the north
• Kebon Manggis administrative village in the west
• Kayu Manis administrative village in the east
• Pisangan Baru administrative village in the south

The postal code of this administrative village is 13140.

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The name Palmeriam was derived from paal meriam, meaning the place where the cannon were ready to shoot. This name was given by the native people because of a British arsenal in this place. British troops arrived in Batavia from Malacca in August 1811 aiming to seize the Dutch East Indies from the Dutch, who were at the time a vassal state of France. The Dutch army under the leadership of Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels resisted with some success, but was eventually defeated by the British^[1]

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