HISTORY VE

Jakarta's history began in a small ditch Ciliwung River estuary about 500 years ago. During the centuries of the city and the harbor became the center of this growing trade internasio-nal busy.
Early knowledge about Jakarta collected through slightly different inscription found in the harbor area. Description of the Jakarta city until the arrival of early European explorers can be said very little.

Reports of the century European author to mention a 16-city called Kalapa, which seems to be a haven for the main Hindu kingdom called Sunda, beribukota Pajajaran, located about 40 kilometers inland, near the city of Bogor now.

Portuguese is the nation's large entourage of the first European to come to ditch Kalapa. The city is then attacked by a young age, named Fatahillah, from a kingdom close to Kalapa. Fatahillah change the name Sunda Kalapa Jayakarta be on 22 June 1527. This is the date that is now diperingati as the day of birth of Jakarta. Dutch people came at the end of the century to 16 and then the Jayakarta.

Reports of the century European author to mention a 16-city called Kalapa, which seems to be a haven for the main Hindu kingdom called Sunda, beribukota Pajajaran, located about 40 kilometers inland, near the city of Bogor now.
Portuguese is the nation's large entourage of the first European to come to ditch Kalapa. The city is then attacked by a young age, named Fatahillah, from a kingdom close to Kalapa. Fatahillah change the name Sunda Kalapa Jayakarta be on 22 June 1527. This is the date that is now diperingati as the day of birth of Jakarta. Dutch people came at the end of the century to 16 and then the Jayakarta.


Jayakarta name changed to Batavia. The state of the swampy nature Batavia-swamp similar to the Netherlands, their home. They also build canals to protect from the threat of flooding Batavia. City government activities concentrated around the field which is located about 500 meters from the harbor. They built a handsome city hall, which is the position of the government center city Batavia. The long run to develop the city Batavia south. Which resulted in a rapid growth situation lilngkungan fast is broken, so that forced authorities to move the center of the Netherlands government to the higher location. This region is called Weltevreden.
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