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Bengkulu City
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Bengkulu , Javanese etc
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Islam
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Bengkulu language, Bahasa Indonesia
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Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin, ST
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is one of the
Provinces Of Indonesia . It is on the southwest coast of the island of
Sumatra , and borders the provinces of
West Sumatra ,
Jambi ,
South Sumatra and
Lampung . The capital and largest city of the province is also called Bengkulu, located at . It was formerly the site of a British
Garrison , which they called '''Bencoolen'''.
The province has a population of 1,405,060 (2000
Census ). The province also includes
Enggano Island .
The
British East India Company established a long-running
Pepper -trading center and garrison at Bengkulu (Bencoolen) in
1685 . In
1714 the British built in the city; the fort still stands. The trading post was never financially profitable for the British, hampered by a location Europeans found unpleasant, and, more importantly, an inability to find sufficient pepper to buy.
Despite these difficulties, the British persisted, maintaining the presence there for 150 years before ceding it to the
Dutch as part of the
Anglo-Dutch Treaty Of 1824 to focus attention on
Malacca . Like the rest of present-day Indonesia, Bengkulu remained a Dutch colony until after
World War II .
During
Sukarno 's imprisonment by the Dutch in the early
1930s , the future first president of Indonesia lived briefly in Bengkulu. Here he met his wife, Fatmawati, who gave him several children. Most famously first female President of Indonesia,
Megawati Soekarnoputri .
Coal Mining is a major economic activity in Bengkulu. Three active coal mining companies produce between 200,000 and 400,000
Ton s of
Coal per year, which is exported to
Malaysia ,
Singapore ,
South Asia , and
Northeast Asia .
Fishing, especially of
Tuna and
Mackerel , is an important activity. Agricultural products exported by the province include
Ginger ,
Bamboo shoots, and
Rubber .
- Reid, Anthony (ed.). 1995. ''Witnesses to Sumatra: A traveller's anthology''. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press. pp. 125-133.
- ---''Reprints of British-era Primary Source material''
- Wilkinson, R.J. 1938. Bencoolen. ''Journal of the Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society''. 16(1): 127-133.
- ---''Overview of the British experience in Bencoolen''
