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Sam Poo Kong (Chinese: 三保洞; pinyin: Sānbǎo Dòng), also known as Gedung Batu Temple, is the oldest Chinese temple in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.Originally established by the Chinese explorer Zheng He (also known as Ma Sanbao), it is now shared by Indonesians of multiple religious denominations, including Muslims and Buddhists, and ethnicities, including Chinese and Javanese.
Semarang has also been called 'The city of Jamu' because it is an important centre for the production of jamu which are a range of Indonesian herbal medicines that are popular across Indonesia [55] Semawis Market, also known as Pecinan Semarang (Semarang's Chinatown), hosts a plethora of street food vendors, offering a wide varieties of dishes.
In 1955, Semarang/Chinese landlord Goei Thwan Ling was so impressed by Ashin Jinarakkhita at the Vesak 2549 celebrations at Borobudur temple that he donated some of his land to build the temple complex Vihara Bodh Gaya.
Semarang is served by Trans Semarang bus rapid transit, comprising at least eight main corridors.Another bus rapid transit, the provincial-owned Trans Jateng has two corridors southward and westward in the Semarang metropolitan area, linking Semarang Tawang Station (Semarang) to Bawen Bus Terminal (Semarang Regency) and Mangkang Bus Terminal (Semarang) to Bahurekso Bus Terminal (Kendal Regency).
Control of Semarang was given to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a part of a debt payment by Sunan Amangkurat II in 1678 and established as area in 1682 Dutch. On 5 October 1705, Semarang officially became a VOC city when Susuhunan Pakubuwono I made a deal to give extensive trade rights to the VOC in exchange for wiping out Mataram 's debt.
Starting from 1 October 2010, Trans Semarang is managed as part of the BLU UPTD Terminal Mangkang until 25 August 2016, where based on Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government, Terminal Mangkang which is a type A terminal is under the authority of the Central Government, so that management Trans Semarang was carried out by the ...
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Semarang Tawang Station initially had five train lines with track 4 being a straight line. After the double track to Alastua Station was officially operational on 5 December 2013 [ 12 ] and to Semarang Poncol Station on 7 February 2014, [ 13 ] the number of lines increased to eight and line 5 was also used as a straight line.