Story and History of JAKARTA

Tanah Abang on 1955


Tanah Abang on 2008


Tanah Abang is the place that famous with their textile products...beside textile products,people also can find souvenir from Makkah,the special one which can find only for people who went for Hajj or Umrah,such as dates,zam-zam water etc etc...

Tanah Abang located on the border of South,Center and also West Jakarta...there's a lot of story behind this place in the past...Tanah Abang market began about 300 years ago as the animal market. Origin of name Tanah Abang is not known exactly, but it is estimated, the name of the area was taken from a hill of red soil. Hill is surrounded by wetlands located in the vicinity of the Kali Krukut.

As a trading area, Tanah Abang area since the start growing rich merchant from the Netherlands, Justinus Vinck, established markets in the region is 1,735 years old. Before owned Justinus Vinck, Tanah Abang area is the area of agriculture and livestock owned by the Chinese.

Some of the Chinese revolution in Tanah Abang area to open a sugar cane plantation and sugar mill. There is also a land open garden bean, garden ginger, jasmine gardens, and betel gardens. At the time, peanut oil is a commodity in demand. Former plantation land that until now remembered as name of roads in the vicinity of Tanah Abang.

Tanah Abang market allowed to operate by the Government of the Netherlands East Indies every Saturday. In addition to Tanah Abang Market, in the time it is standing Senen Market, which operates every Monday. Commodities trading is determined at the time of the Netherlands. Senen market used to sell commodities and vegetables a day-to-day needs. The special sell Tanah Abang textile goods, and a few vegetables. Special rice, the Netherlands closely monitor how sales, selling, and the designs because it is regarded as vital commodities.

Building market, the anchor, still in the form of embankment bamboo and sago palm thatch. Plot owners, the Chinese people in general, usually up residence not far from the market.
THE much affect the development of the economy and the world at that time perpasaran, including Tanah Abang Market, the event is the "slaughter people in China 1,740 years." Events that occurred five years after the Tanah Abang Market was built.

In addition to murder, riots, which shattered the property of the Chinese people, including Tanah Abang Market, which was inhabited many Chinese people. Building the market place and burned Chinese people live. Many Chinese people to evacuate the edge after the event.

From the first, rent-lease business in the market is there. By the Government of the Netherlands, given the Chinese people trust the market to collect the tax. The rice trader is required to rent a mat provided orderly market although they have their own mat. Stall owners who want to trade rice must pay the tax and requested permission to the people of China.

On year in 1801, trading in Tanah Abang market increasingly crowded, so to obtain additional licenses to operate on Wednesday. So, in, from Tanah Abang market can operate Wednesday and Saturday.

Equipment used in the exchange rate at that time varied. Besides using the Chinese currency (gobog) made of perforated copper yellow rectangle in the center, also conducted transactions with the currency of France, Turkey, Hungary, Japan and outstanding in Batavia (Jakarta). There is another currency koban, made of genuine gold.

The great number of currencies that circulate in Batavia that raise the business transactions of selling and buying foreign currency in the streets or on the edge of time. If the money changer is now called. Because there is no trade bank, the transaction is carried out from the bag to bag traders.
YEAR 1920 started many Arabs coming to Batavia. Some of them live in the vicinity of Tanah Abang. Percentage, in time, than 300,000 citizens lives in Batavia, as many as 13,000 people are Arabs.

Arab relish eating goat meat used to traders. Since the emergence of the Arab people in Batavia, in the Tanah Abang market traders appear goats. Until now, other than as a famous textile market, Tanah Abang market known as the goat.

The goat traders in Tanah Abang Market is now admitted that they sell the goats in heredity. In fact, they admitted selling goats since the days of the Pitung, legend of the struggle against the Dutch Betawi people.
Until the end of the 19th century, Tanah Abang market has not had a permanent building, but the floor underneath tempered start with the foundation stir. Year 1913 has made improvements to the building. Year 1926 gementee (Batavia municipality) to make development / renovation permanently.

Tanah Abang market growing rapidly after the station was built Tanah Abang. Places of worship also have been built in the area, starting from the Masjid Al Makmur to the pagoda Hok Tech Tjen Sien (angels, the ruler of the earth), which is almost the same age with the market.