Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa

Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa

is the name of a port and surrounding places in Jakarta. This port is located in Kelurahan Penjaringan, North Jakarta District Penjaringan. Although now only a name Sunda Kelapa port in one of Jakarta, this region is very important because the villages around the port of Sunda Kelapa is the origin of the city of Jakarta.

At that time belonged to the Kingdom of Sunda Kelapa Sunda its capital at Pakuan Pajajaran Pajajaran or captured by the troops of Demak and Cirebon. Although the day was a new set of Jakarta in the 16th century, Sunda Kelapa history had begun much earlier, namely in the era of Sunda kingdom's predecessor, namely Tarumanagara kingdom.



Tarumanagara kingdom had been attacked and conquered by the kingdom of Srivijaya of Sumatra. Therefore, do not be surprised if ethnic Sunda Sunda Kelapa port to use common language that Malays in Sumatra, which then made the national language well before the Youth Pledge event.