Sunda Kelapa Harbor

Posted by Setiawan (Jakarta, Indonesia) on 2 May 2009 in Transportation and Portfolio.

Sunda Kelapa is the old port of Jakarta. In the original name, it is known "Sunda Kalapa" (from Sundanese words). The port is situated in Penjaringan sub-district, of North Jakarta, Indonesia. Although Sunda Kelapa today only a small port of Jakarta, this port is important for the development of this city. Jakarta has its origins in Sunda Kalapa and the village around it.
Although now is only the name of Sunda Kelapa port in one of Jakarta, this area is very important because in the villages around the port of Sunda Kelapa is cikal-Jakarta city will become a day on the set date of 22 June 1527. At the time the property of the Kingdom of Sunda Kelapa Sunda beribukota in the Pakuan Pajajaran or Pajajaran (now city of Bogor) seized by the troops of Demak and Cirebon. Although the anniversary of Jakarta in the new century are set to-16, the history of Sunda Kelapa already started much earlier, namely in the Kingdom of Sunda era predecessor, the kingdom Tarumanagara. Tarumanagara Kingdom and ditaklukkan been attacked by the kingdom of Sriwijaya from Sumatra. Therefore, not surprisingly, if ethnic Sunda Sunda Kelapa port in use Malayu language that is common in Sumatra, which later became the national language, long before the Youth Oath.