Tuesday, July 24, 2012

OLD PORT OF SUNDA KELAPA



Sunda Kelapa is the name of a harbor and surrounding places in Jakarta, Indonesia. This port is situated in the village Penjaringan, Penjaringan district, North Jakarta.
Although the present Sunda Kelapa is the name of one port in Jakarta, this area is very important because the villages around the port of Sunda Kelapa, is the forerunner of the Jakarta city, which established its anniversary, on June 22, 1527.

At this time the Port of Sunda Kelapa planned to be a tourist area because of high historic value. Currently the Port of Sunda Kelapa is one of the ports managed by PT Pelindo II, which are not certified to the International Ship and Port Security because of the nature of care services only for inter-island vessels.
Currently the port of Sunda Kelapa has a land area of ​​760 hectares and the broad waters of the pool 16 470 hectares, consists of two major ports and harbors Kalibaru. The main harbor area has a length of 3250 meters and the vast pool of approximately 1,200 meters which can accommodate 70 sailboat motor. Kalibaru harbor over 750 meters in length with a land area of ​​343 399 square meters, the pool area 42128.74 square meters, and can accommodate approximately 65 boats between islands and has a stacking of goods covering 31 131 square meters.


To go to the Old Port of Sunda Kelapa, you can ride the Busway of corridor 1, destination Kota. From the Kota Bus Stop, you can walk there about a half mile. You will passing through the old town with views over the past Jakarta.





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