Kota Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia: Veenkoloniale Genealogieën

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Medan is the capital city of North Sumatra province, Indonesia. It is the largest city in Sumatra. It is located in the north of the province, and has a nearby harbour, Belawan, and an international airport, Polonia International Airport.

Medan's official date of foundation is 1 July 1590.

History

Medan started as a village called Kampung Medan (Medan Village). Kampung Medan was founded by Guru Patimpus around the 1590s. Because Kampung Medan sits on Tanah Deli (Land of Deli), Kampung Medan is also referred as Medan-Deli. The original location of Kampung Medan is an area where the River of Deli meets River Babura.

The first inhabitants of Medan came from the Batak Karo community. It was not until the King of Aceh, Sultan Iskandar Muda, sent his warlord, Gocah Pahlawan Laksamana Khoja Bintan, to be the Kingdom of Aceh's representative in Tanah Deli, that the Kingdom of Deli started to grow. This growth stimulated growth in both the population and culture of Medan.

Medan did not enjoy significant development until the 1860s, when the Dutch colonialists began clearing the land for tobacco plantations. Medan quickly became a center of government and commercial activity, dominating development of Indonesia's western region.

The Dutch governed Tanah Deli from 1658, after Sultan Ismail, ruler of the Kingdom of Siak Sri Indrapura, yielded some of his once-ruled land, Deli, Langkat, and Serdang. In 1915 Medan officially became the capital of North Sumatera Province, and officially a city in 1918.

Demography

The city is Indonesia's third most populous after Jakarta and Surabaya, with approximately 2.5 million people.

Medan means 'field' in Indonesian and Malay languages but the name actually originated from the Karonese word Medan which means to 'get better' or 'healthy'.

The city has a mix of communities, reflecting its pre- and post-independence history. It is famous throughout Indonesia as the home of the Batak people, although the ancestral sites of these people are scattered throughout northern Sumatra. In addition, there is a large ethnic Javanese community, largely made up of the descendants of people shipped from Java in the last century as part of the government's transmigration policy, an attempt to relieve the chronic overcrowding on Java.

A highly visible component of Medan's population is the large number of ethnic Chinese, who control much of the business sector. Finally, the city has a sizeable community of Tamil descent, the people known as keling. A well-known Tamil market, is the Kampung Keling. In addition to Indonesian, Javanese, Hokkien, Tamil and English are spoken.

Places

There are many older buildings in Medan that still retain their Dutch architecture. These include the old City Hall, the central Post Office, the Water Tower, which is Medan City's icon, and Titi Gantung - a bridge over the railway.

There are several historic places such as Maimun Palace (Istana Maimun), where the Sultan of Deli still lives, and the Great Mosque (Masjid Raya) of Medan built in 1906.

The newest food court in the center of Medan is Merdeka Square, opened in 2005 and Kesawan Square, a street which is closed to vehicles after sunset. Many kinds of Indonesian, Western and Chinese cuisine are available, as well as stalls selling various items and a large Karaoke screen. It is very busy on Friday and Saturday nights. While several malls are also opening in recent years like Sun Plaza, Medan Fair Mall, Grand Palladium and Yang Lim Plaza.

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth	Person ID	Tree
1	Angenent, Coenraad Herman	18 Aug 1929	I358329	savenije
2	Angenent, Henri Cornelis Joseph	16 Oct 1921	I358325	savenije
3	Angenent, Henri Marie	02 Oct 1895	I155201	savenije
4	Angenent, John	20 Apr 1923	I358326	savenije
5	le Cosquino de Bassy, Margretha Elisabeth	Abt 1906	I548935	savenije
6	de Graan, Charles Louis	22 Mar 1893	I714953	savenije
7	Herckenrath, Margaretha Wilhelmina	02 Jul 1896	I650379	savenije
8	van Heutsz, Willem Charles	1884	I281666	savenije
9	Jiran, Ludmilla Marie	28 Mar 1950	I500273	savenije
10	de Klerk, Johannes Christiaan	1889	I7595	savenije
11	Kostelijk, Johanna Jacoba Antonia	27 Mar 1923	I180579	savenije
12	Mulder, Albert	16 Jul 1884	I121870	savenije
13	Riem, Hendrika Johanna	16 Nov 1907	I531307	savenije
14	Samkalden, Mr. Dr. Hugo	18 Feb 1906	I760915	savenije

Death

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID	Tree
1	Angenent, Henri Eliza Coenraad	14 Dec 1918	I358316	savenije
2	Belinfante, August James George MD	30 Apr 1953	I118376	savenije
3	Geugies, Jan	02 Jan 1947	I337930	savenije
4	MacLeod, Norman	28 Jun 1899	I193186	savenije
5	Peetsma, Eerske	22 Jul 1947	I330326	savenije
6	Ribbink, Johanna Christina	27 Nov 1905	I414988	savenije
7	Stoetzer, Carel	04 Dec 1914	I499435	savenije

Residence

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence	Person ID	Tree
1	Riem, Christiaan	Bef 02 Oct 1922	I531301	savenije

Marriage

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	Family	Marriage	Family ID	Tree
1	Angenent / Freichmann	16 Oct 1920	F140800	savenije
2	Brinkhorst / Holboom	1928	F103619	savenije
3	Kingma / Verkleij	1939	F161234	savenije
4	Poppe / Cassar	1925	F206574	savenije
5	Riem / Issim	1914	F206045	savenije
6	Schaper / Soutberg	06 Jul 1937	F285862	savenije
7	Teerlink / Riem	15 Jun 1926	F206048	savenije