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tallships at jakarta's port of sunda kelapa

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jakarta is the capital and largest city of indonesia. located on the northwest coast of the java island, it has an area of 661.52 km² and an official population of 8,389,443 (2000[1]). jakarta currently is the eleventh largest city in the world.

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tallships at jakarta's port of sunda kelapa

June 22, 2008

sunda kelapa is the oldest port in jakarta, situated in penjaringan, north jakarta. although sunda kelapa today is only a minor port situated a bit off the city, however this port holds an important roles for the the city's developement on the past.

according to a chinese source in the book of chu-fan-chi written around 1200, chou-Ju-Kua describe that in indonesian archipelago there was two most powerful and richest kingdoms; srivijaya and java (kediri). according to this source in early 13th century srivijaya still ruled sumatra, malay peninsula, and western java (sunda). about sunda, the book describe it further that the port of sunda (sunda kelapa) is really good and strategic, pepper from sunda is among the best quality. people work on agriculture and their house are build on wooden piles (rumah panggung). however the country was invested by robbers and thieves.

source: wikipedia