The Kota district is a small historic district in Jakarta. It is also called Old Jakarta or Old Batavia. The cat with the Indonesian language means "city".

The Kota district is a historic district, it serves as a reminder of the colonial times of the XVI century, when the Cat was the only city, was in Batavia and was surrounded by a wall, while around the village was located (Kampung), orchards and rice fields. It is in the Cat settled by the Dutch and built their city. Old Jakarta or Batavia as they called this area the Dutch in the sixteenth century was a center of trade throughout the continent due to its strategic position (the Cat is located on the shore of the Java sea). While European sailors called the Cat a "Diamond of Asia" and "Queen of the East". On the outskirts of the Cat is also a commercial port of Jakarta.

The Central part of Côte Glodok, business center Cat. Glodok also called China town. This name came from the time of Dutch colonization, as most of the traders in Glodok – Chinese. Today Glodok is known as one of the biggest centers of electronics in Jakarta.

In 1972, the Governor of Jakarta has issued a decree that the Cat was officially recognized as a place of historical heritage in order to preserve architectural monuments. Unfortunately, some quarters of the Cat, where is home to colonial buildings remain abandoned and are gradually destroyed. In 2007, in order to preserve the ancient streets pintu besar Pic of a Cat that surround the area Fatahillah, the government decided to prohibit the passage of vehicles on them.