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Batavia

capital of the Dutch East Indies (1619–1949), now the city of Jakarta
Place Ancient City Q1199713

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
ancient city
Native label
Batavia[9]

Location

Country
Dutch East Indies[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -6.135°, 106.813°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Indonesia[1]
More facts +5
Followed by
Jakarta[3]
Capital of
Dutch East Indies[8]
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of Batavia[4]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[5][6][7]
Different from
Batavia, Jakarta[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Betawi en Betuwe en Jakarta en Djakarta en Batavia ar باتافيا cs Batavia cs Batávie da Batavia, Nederlandsk-Indien el Μπατάβια es Yakarta he בטאוויה id Batavia, Hindia Belanda ja バタビア ja バタヴィア ja バタビヤ ja バタフィア ko 바타비아 nl Batavia (Nederlands-Indie) nl Betuwe
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry
batavia
FactGrid item ID
Augustus Meineke
GitHub topic
batavia
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11b8t74_x5
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1864250
Museum-digital place ID
24991
RKD thesaurus ID
120
SNARC ID
Fidel Rädle
Topic's main category
Category:Batavia
YSO ID
159786
Yale LUX ID
place/ac7eeada-1d0e-43de-b9c1-55b99cdaeaaf

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🔗 Connections
People born here 37
George Uhlenbeck, Tonke Dragt, Jeroen Brouwers, Friedrich Carl Andreas, Lau Mulder, Jan Harting, Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Reinout Willem van Bemmelen +29 more
People who died here 22
Jan van Riebeeck, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Tirto Adhi Soerjo, Lie Kim Hok, Tirtayasa, Tupaia, Abraham Patras +14 more
← Headquarters location 10
Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, Union Films, Javasche Bank, Sin Po, Oriental Film, Star Film, Hotel des Indes, Nederlandsch Indische Escompto-Maatschappij +2 more
← Work location 9
Carl Peter Thunberg, Jan Fabricius, Jan ten Brink, Johannes Rach, Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Gerard Vissering, Hermanus Johannes Lovink +1 more
← Place of publication 8
Nemoe Karma, Java bode, Medan Prijaji, Perniagaan, Ien Po, Bataviaasch Handelsblad, Staatsblad van Nederlandsch-Indië, Tijdschrift voor nijverheid en landbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië
Residents 3
Vladimir Tretchikoff, Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher, Ahmad Surkati
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Located in this place 2
Youth Pledge, asinan
← Different from 2
Jakarta, Batavia
← Shipping port 2
HNLMS Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden, HNLMS Sumatra
Capital of 1
Dutch East Indies
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Contained subdivisions 1
A.A. Maramis Building
Country 1
Dutch East Indies
Different from 1
Jakarta
FactGrid item ID 1
Augustus Meineke
Located in time zone 1
UTC+08:00
Named after 1
Betawi people
← Capital 1
Dutch East Indies
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies
← Culture 1
Lotek
← Place of burial 1
Ahmad Surkati
← Via 1
first voyage of James Cook
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Batavia include Betawi people[12], an ethnic group[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Batavia include Betawi people[12], an ethnic group[13].

Related Entities

Bataviaasch Handelsblad Batavia Bank Carl Peter Thunberg George Uhlenbeck Ien Po Jan van Riebeeck

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Located in time zone → —
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