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Kota Administrasi Jakarta Utara adalah sebuah kota administrasi di bagian Utara Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia. Kantor wali kota Administrasi Jakarta Utara terletak di Kecamatan Tanjung Priok. Jakarta Utara dibentuk berdasarkan Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 25 Tahun 1978. Pada akhir tahun 2024 jumlah penduduk kota Jakarta Utara berjumlah sebanyak 1.832.032 jiwa. Di Jakarta Utara terletak beberapa pelabuhan, diantaranya Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok dan Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa.

Sebagai kota administrasi, Jakarta Utara bukanlah daerah otonom sehingga tidak memiliki DPRD tersendiri. Wali kota Jakarta Utara diangkat oleh gubernur DKI Jakarta atas pertimbangan DPRD. Di sebelah utara Jakarta Utara berbatasan dengan Laut Jawa, di sebelah timur dengan Kabupaten Bekasi, Jawa Barat, di sebelah selatan dengan Jakarta Barat, Jakarta Pusat dan Jakarta Timur. Di sebelah barat Jakarta Utara berbatasan dengan Kabupaten Tangerang, Banten.

Laundry workers working at Ciliwung river in Pasar Baru, circa between 1915 and 1925. The present-day city of Jakarta grew from the area which is now North Jakarta. In the 5th century, at the mouth of the Ciliwung-Angke River, the development began with the port city Sundapura (now near Tugu, Jakarta and Bekasi), which was the main port for the Kingdom of Tarumanegara under the leadership of King Mulawarman.

During the 16th century, the city, which covered only the area of what is now North Jakarta, was known as Jayakarta. The system of government in Jayakarta has been amended several times, including changes of rulers, and shifting borders of the administrative area. This area consisted of three forms of government: first, the city government which was controlled directly by the Lord of Jayakarta (the area of which is located in what is now the Port of Angke); second, the state government controlled by leaders inferior to the Lord of Jayakarta (the area of which is located in what is now Pasar Ikan and Kota; and third, the worldwide government (the area of which is located in what is now Tanjung Priok.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the area was controlled by Chinese and other native people who later had to submit to the Dutch East Indies.

In 1854, the Law of Comptabuliteit 1854 divided the Jakarta Bay area into three categories: the Voorsteden (the suburbs), Regentschap Batavia (the Regency of Batavia) and private areas (supervised by the Department of Security - Afdeling I)

The government system changed again in 1905. After the formation of Gemeente Batavia, the area around Jakarta Bay was transformed into Batavia District (kewedanan) which includes Penjaringan, Tanjung Priok, Meester Cornelis and Bekasi. Meanwhile, Tanjung Priok came to be under the control of Haven Directie Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij.

When Japan entered into the region, the form of the government changed into Shiku (district level), and so North Jakarta was divided into districts such as Shiku Penjaringan, Shiku Tanjung Priok and Shiku Bekasi.

After the formation of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia on 17 August 1945, Jakarta Bay was divided into several administrative regions, namely Kawedanan Penjaringan, Tanjung Priok and Bekasi. These three kawedanan were controlled by the mayorship of Jakarta Raya, which is a part of West Java.

In 1957, after the formation of the Kotapraja Jakarta Raya, the area of Jakarta Bay was transformed into the Kotamadya of Jakarta Utara or "City of North Jakarta".

Kota Jakarta Utara merupakan wilayah yang terletak di bagian utara Kota DKI Jakarta dan salah satu wilayah administrasi di bawah Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta. Secara geografis, letak Kota Administrasi Jakarta Utara berada pada posisi 106°20’00’’ Bujur Timur dan 06°10’00’’ Lintang Selatan. Luas wilayah Kota Administrasi Jakarta Utara mencapai 146,66 Km² atau mencapai 22,06% dari luas total wilayah Provinsi DKI Jakarta. Wilayah Jakarta Utara memiliki lahan sawah seluas 414 hektar dan merupakan wilayah dengan lahan sawah terluas di DKI Jakarta.