The History Of The Name Jakarta
Nama : Yoel Abraham Martua
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Jakarta
was originally
known
as
a
small port
at
the mouth of the
Ciliwung
River
about 500
years
ago. For centuries,
the city has grown into a bustling center of international trade. History of
Jakarta known through inscriptions such as Tarumanegara royal property, and the
kingdom of Sriwijaya Sunda.
The
Portuguese are a great group of Europeans first came to Bandar Kalapa. then the
city was attacked by Fatahillah, from a kingdom which is not far from the
Kalapa. Then Fatahillah change the name to Jayakarta Sunda Kalapa on June 22,
1527. Date is defined as the day of birth of Jakarta. Late 16th-century Dutch
people then came and then the master Jayakarta. Dated May 30, 1619 brought the
leadership of JP Coen Dutch managed to seize and occupy Jayakarta once changed
his name to Batavia – taken from the name of the Celtic tribes who once lived
in the Netherlands at the time of the Romans. Governmental activities centered
in a field which is located approximately 500 meters from the port. Then the
Dutch built town hall, which is the position of the center of the city
government of Batavia. Increasingly rapid growth impact on the environment
easily damaged, so the Dutch authorities to move the center of government
higher lying areas. The area was then called Weltevreden. During the Japanese
occupation (1942-1945), the name changed again to Jakarta Batavia. In 1966,
Jakarta Capital gain official name of the Republic of Indonesia.
