Senayan, Kebayoran Baru

Senayan is an administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian) at Kebayoran Baru subdistrict, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The post code is 12190.

Boundaries
The borders of Senayan are:
 * Semanggi Flyover in the north
 * General Sudirman Street in Gelora administrative village, Tanah Abang subdistrict, Central Jakarta in the west
 * General Gatot Subroto Street in Karet Semanggi administrative village, Setiabudi subdistrict in the east
 * Selong administrative village in the south.

It is worth noting that despite the name used, the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex - which is also known as Gelora Senayan Sports Complex, is not within the boundaries of this administrative village, not even in South Jakarta. The sports complex lies within the up-north adjacent Gelora administrative village, which is under the administrative municipality of Central Jakarta.

Highlights


Among the important national as well as regional landmarks located in this area are:
 * Headquarters of Greater Jakarta Regional Metropolitan Police
 * The office of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board
 * Plaza Mandiri, the headquarters office of Bank Mandiri - the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of assets, loans and deposits
 * Headquarters office of the Directorate General of Taxation - the tax office of Indonesia
 * The SCBD - one of Jakarta's prominent business and commercial centers
 * The Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) building is located in this area within the SCBD.
 * The Widya Chandra residential complex, in which many Indonesian government ministers have their official residences, is also located in this area.
 * TVRI Nasional

Toponym
The name Senayan is derived from the word Wangsanayan, "land of Wangsanayan". According to De Haan, Wangsanayan was a lieutenant from Bali who lived at the end of the 17th century, but little is known about him. As time progressed, Wangsanayan was shortened to Senayan.