Jalan Jaksa (abbreviated as Jl. Jaksa) is a short street approximately 400 meters long in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located about 1 km south of the national museum, Monas and due west of the Gondangdia main line train station.
The origin of the street name dates back to the Dutch era, when students of the Rechts Hogeschool Batavia (Jakarta Law Academy) stayed in the area while studying. Because of this the street officially became known as Jaksa, the Indonesian word for Prosecutor.
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