Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bandung City

Bandung is the capital city of the province of West Java. In ancient times, the city of Bandung is known as Paris van Java (in Dutch) or does it mean "Paris of Java". Bandung is located in the highlands and is also known as the Bandung city or tempak the tube cool. Making London is one of the tourist destinations.
Bandung established since 1488, which is part of the Kingdom Pajajaran. In 1799, VOC crisis so that the local authority areas in the archipelago VOC orders taken by the Dutch government. At that time London was led by Regent RA Wiranatakusumah II.
Later in 1808, the Dutch raised Herman Willem Daendels as Governor General of the archipelago after abandoned VOC. Fixed 1 year after that, ie in 1809, the Regent gave the order to move the capital city to the suburbs of Karapyak Cikapundung River (now a square). In 1810, Daendels stuck a stick in the river Cikapundung. "Zorg, dat terug kom hier als ik een stad is gebouwd" which means "Try, if I come back here, a town built". Now place a zero kilo meters Bandung.
March 24, 1946 is known as 'Dublin Lake of Fire' and immortalized in a song called "Halo-halo Bandung".

Bandung is located at the coordinates 107 ° E and 6 ° 55 'South Latitude. While the total area of ​​nearly 16,767 hectares Bnadung city. London is geographically located in the province of West Java. With it, London has a strategic value to the area around. Bandung city is situated at an altitude of ± 768 m above sea level. The area north of the city of Bandung is higher than the south. The average height in the north is ± 1050 above sea level, is in the south ± 675 asl.

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