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    Sumatra's East Coast Residency (Dutch: Residentie Oostkust van Sumatra) was an administrative subdivision of the Dutch East Indies with its capital in...
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  • Thumbnail for State of East Sumatra
    that formed to demand autonomy for East Sumatra following the Dutch invasion were Malays or Simalunguns. East Sumatra's first, and only, head of state was...
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    Great East, Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra, and into three provinces in Java. Provinces and governorates were further divided into residencies. Residencies...
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    Dutch East Indies, rogue elements of the KNIL army of Sumatra disavowed this order. Led by then Governor of Sumatra and former resident of Sumatra's West...
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  • Thumbnail for Carel Joseph van Kempen
    through all administrative ranks to become the governor of Sumatra's East Coast Residency. In 1929, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives...
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    part of Ajer Bangis Residency before separating it into its residency under the Gouvernment Sumatra's Westkust in 1844. The Residency was named after a...
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    the northern part of the island of Sumatra, just south of Aceh. Its capital and largest city is Medan on the east coast of the island. It is bordered by...
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    of Malaysia". She was born as Kasmah Abdullah in Kisaran, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) of Dutch and Javanese descent. Beginning her...
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    later colonised by the Dutch Empire and became a residency named Sumatra's West Coast (Dutch: Sumatra's Westkust), whose administrative area included the...
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    West Coast", was a possession of the British East India Company (EIC) extending nearly 500 miles (800 km) along the southwestern coast of Sumatra and centered...
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  • Siregar (1939-11-24) 24 November 1939 (age 84) Medan, Sumatra's East Coast Residency, Dutch East Indies Pen name Sori Siregar Occupation Writer, translator...
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    Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the...
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  • Thumbnail for Malay Indonesians
    the Malay ethnic group scattered along the east coast of Sumatra, Singapore, the Malay Peninsula, and the coast of Kalimantan. The epic literature, the Malay...
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    Padang (redirect from Padang, West Sumatra)
    East Indies government made Padang the seat of government of the West Coast of Sumatra (Sumatra's Westkust) which included present-day West Sumatra and...
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    hinterland, the Ommelanden, which included the much larger area of the Residency of Batavia in the present-day Indonesian provinces of Jakarta, Banten...
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    coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the area of the historic Bencoolen Residency from the province of South Sumatra...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
    however was as follows: Held by Japanese: Shū (州), the former residencies. There were 10 in Sumatra, the same as during the Dutch era. Shi (市) and Bunshū (分周)...
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  • Borneo Residency, Western region DF – East Timor DS – Papua prior to 2016. Vehicle registration plates were first introduced in the Dutch East Indies...
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  • Thumbnail for Jambi
    Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and stretches to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and...
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    Special Economic Zones (KEK), South Sumatra's economic growth is also supported by tourism. The coal deposits of South Sumatra amount to 22.24 billion tons or...
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    Governor Joseph Collett as a defensive fort for the British East India Company's Residency there. It was one of the strongest British forts in the eastern...
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  • History of Palembang (category History of Sumatra)
    Dutch, Palembang become the capital of Residency of Palembang, encompassing whole territory who will be South Sumatra province after independence, led by...
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    1685 the British had consolidated their rule in Bencoolen on western coast of Sumatra, and also had established their rule in Malaccan strait, the island...
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    of residencies increased to five: Tawau Residency (also known as East Coast Residency), Sandakan Residency, West Coast Residency, Kudat Residency, and...
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    koloniale politiek. Het arbeidsregime op de grootlandbouwondernemingen aan Sumatra's Oostkust in het begin van de twintigste eeuw (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk...
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  • Jan Simon Gerardus Gramberg (category Dutch Gold Coast people)
    conduct", but reinstalled on his old salary as secretary in the residency of Sumatra's east coast. In 1878, Gramberg was honourably discharged from service...
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    one of the longest rivers in Sumatra. Since antiquity, the Musi River has become the heart of Palembang and South Sumatra's economy. There are some landmarks...
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    Portuguese and indigenous Javanese. Houtman's expedition then sailed east along the north coast of Java, losing twelve crew members to a Javanese attack at Sidayu...
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    Dutch Formosa (category Former countries in East Asia)
    their control was limited to the plains on the west coast, plus isolated pockets on the east coast. This territory was acquired from 1624 to 1642, with...
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    Dutch India (category Former settlements and colonies of the Dutch East India Company)
    Dutch India consisted of the settlements and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company on the Indian subcontinent. It is only used as a geographical...
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