| Tangerang | |
| Motto: Bhakti Karya Adhi Kertarahardja | |
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Banten |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Wahidin Halim |
| Area | |
| - Total | 164. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Banten is a province of Indonesia located at the western end of Java Island. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 54 km² (63. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi) |
| Population (2003) | |
| - Total | 1,487,000 |
| Website: www.kotatangerang.go.id | |
Tangerang is a city in Banten, Indonesia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Banten is a province of Indonesia located at the western end of Java Island. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. It is located about 20 km west of Jakarta. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. It is the second largest urban center in the Jabotabek region after Jakarta. Jabotabek or Jabodetabek is the term given to the Metropolitan area surrounding Jakarta, Indonesia. It has an area of 164. 54 km² and population of 1,488,666 (2005).
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Overview
Tangerang is an industrial and manufacturing hub on Java and is home to over 1,000 factories. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. Many international corporations have plants in the city. Tangerang tends to be hot and humid, with little in way of trees or geographical features. Certain areas consist of swamps, including the areas near the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Bandar Udara Internasional Soekarno-Hatta is the main Airport serving the greater Jakarta area on the island of Java
In recent years the urban expansion of Jakarta has covered Tangerang, and as a result many of its residents commute to Jakarta for work, or vice-versa. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. Many high-class and middle-class satellite cities have been developed in Tangerang, complete with their own shopping malls, private schools and convenience centers. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" The government is working on expanding the highway system to accommodate more traffic flow to and from the area. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve
Demographics
Tangerang also has a significant community of Chinese Indonesians, many of whom are of Cina Benteng extraction. Chinese Indonesians ( Hakka: Thong ngin Min: Teng lang Indonesian: Tionghoa Indonesia, or (derisively Cina totok) are ethnically Benteng means 'fortress' in Indonesian. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of They were descended from laborers who were brought there by the Dutch colonials in the 18th and 19th centuries, and most of them are still laborers and farmers. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands They are culturally distinct from other Chinese communities in the area: while almost none speak any dialect of Chinese, they are culturally very strongly Daoist and maintain their own places of worship and community centers. They are ethnically mixed, yet identify themselves as Chinese. A large Chinese cemetery is also located in Tangerang, most of which are now developed into suburban communities such as Lippo Karawaci, Summarecon Gading Serpong, Bumi Serpong Damai and Alam Sutra. A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk was first established as PT Tunggal Reksakencana in 1990 as a subsidiary of Lippo Group, to build the Lippo Village (then Lippo Karawaci township
Most of the Chinatown of Tangerang is located at Sewan, Pasar Lama, Pasar Baru, Benteng Makasar, Kapling, Karawaci (not Lippo Karawaci). One can find any food and all things Chinese there. Lippo Karawaci, Bumi Serpong Damai and Alam Sutra are new locations of residential places (New Towns). A new town, planned community or planned city is a City, Town, or Community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically A vast majority of the residents are newcomers, not genuine Benteng Chinese.
There are two highway connections from Jakarta. Firstly, Jakarta - Merak highway which have three different exits points to Tangerang city. Secondly, BSD (Serpong Damai) - PS Rebo (Jakarta) highway providing direct tol access from Tangerang, Jakarta and Bogor.
History
Struggle for Independence
On October 1945, Laskar Hitam, a muslim militia was established in Tangerang. The goal of this movement is to establish an Islamic nation in Indonesia. This movement later became a part of DI/TII rebel group. On October 31, 1945, Laskar Hitam kidnapped Otto Iskandardinata, Republic of Indonesia's Minister of State. He persumably was murdered at Mauk beach, Tangerang on December 20, 1945.
After the declaration of Independence, there was a chaos and racial riots in Tangerang. Anti ethnic Chinese groups attack ethnic Chinese in Tangerang because they assumed that ethnic Chinese supported the Dutch government who try to re-occupied Indonesia.
Independence
From 1981 to 1984: Soekarno Hatta International airport was built in Benda, Tangerang. The airport is located in Tangerang, but it is called "Soekarno Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta". Cengkareng is the name of a sub-district in West Jakarta near the airport.
On August 1996, Walmart, the largest retail in USA open its first branch in Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang. Unfortunately the branch was ransacked and burned down during the May 1998 riot. Walmart discontinue their investment in Indonesia after the riot.
External links
- (Indonesian) Official website
- (Indonesian) Otto Iskandardinata.
- Tangerang is at coordinates Coordinates:
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