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Sunda Kelapa (Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮊᮜᮕ, Sunda Kalapa) is the old port of Jakarta, located on the estuary of the Ciliwung River. "Sunda Kalapa" ( Sundanese : "Coconut of Sunda") is the original name, and it was the main port of the Sunda Kingdom .
In the middle of the 19th-century, the area where Sunda Kelapa Lighthouse today lies, was a shallow sea to the north of Batavia. In 1860, the construction of the mole was completed. The west-side mole served as a jetty, which guided ships while entering the harbor of Batavia. In 1862, the Batavia lighthouse was constructed over the western mole.
North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which later grew to become Jakarta. Many historic sites and artefacts of Jakarta can be found in North Jakarta. Both ports of Tanjung Priok and historic Sunda Kelapa are located in the city.
Fatahillah renamed the city Jakarta. [3] [4] By this time, the Portuguese had sent a fleet of five [5] or six [6] ships led by Francisco de Sa and Duarte Coelho. They were unaware of the situation happening in Sunda Kelapa. [7] However, the fleet was hit by a storm that separated them, and Coelho arrived with his three ships at Sunda.
One of the ports at the mouth of a river was renamed Sunda Kelapa or Kalapa (Coconut of Sunda), as written in Hindu Bujangga Manik, manuscripts from a monk's lontar and one of the precious remnants of Old Sundanese literature. [7] The port served Pakuan Pajajaran (present day Bogor), the capital of the Sunda Kingdom. By the fourteenth century ...
The area is bordered by Jalan Gajah Mada in the west and Jalan Gunung Sahari in the east, while in the middle is Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta and Jalan Mangga Dua Raya. Mangga Dua is part of Jakarta's long history starting from Sunda Kelapa port and Glodok, which is biggest China town in Indonesia. [1]
The port of Sunda Kelapa (lit. "coconut of Sunda"), the cradle of Jakarta. For centuries it was the royal port of Sunda Kingdom serving the capital Dayeuh Pakuan Pajajaran 60 kilometres inland to the south, until it fell to Demak and Cirebon forces in 1527.
Its location on the western tip of Java makes Banten the gateway to Java, Sumatra and the adjacent areas of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital. Bordering the Java Sea on the north, the Sunda Strait on the west and the Indian Ocean on the south, the province has abundant marine resources. [41]