Jambi

Jambi

Infobox Provinces of Indonesia
name=Jambi
country=Indonesia
logo=
motto=Sepucuk Jambi Sembilan Lurah
capital=Jambi
population=2.742.196
population_as_of = by year 2007
area_in_km2=53435.72
Time=WIB (UTC+7)
ethnicity=Malay (38%), Javanese (28%), Minangkabau (5%), Banjarese (3%), Sundanese (3%), Buginese (3%) [cite book
last =
first =
publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
title =Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape
date =
year =2003
url =
accessdate =
]
religion=Muslim (98.4%), Christian (1.1%), Buddhist (0.36%), Hindu (0.117%)
language= Jambi Malay, Indonesian
governor= Zulkifli Nurdin
site= [http://www.pempropjambi.go.id/ www.pempropjambi.go.id]


Jambi is a province of Indonesia located on the east coast of central Sumatra. The capital of the province is Jambi city.

The population of the province is 2.742.196 (2007 BPS)

History

Before what is now Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch East India Company, Jambi was the site of a well-established, powerful Srivijayan kingdomfact|date=August 2007 that engaged in trade throughout the Strait of Malacca and beyond. It succeeded Palembang to the south, which was a frequent military and economic rival, as the later capital of the ancient kingdom. The move to Jambi was partly induced by the historic 1025 raid by pirates from the Chola region of southern India that destroyed much of Palembang.

In the early decades of the Dutch presence in the region, when the future colonizers were just one of several groups of traders competing with the British, Chinese, Arabs, and Malays, the Jambi sultanate profitably traded pepper with the Dutch. This relationship declined by about 1770, and the sultanate had little contact with the Dutch for about sixty years.

In 1833, minor conflicts with the Dutch, who were well established in Palembang, meant the Dutch increasingly felt the need to control the actions of Jambi. They coerced Sultan Facharudin to agree to greater Dutch presence in the region and control over trade, although the sultanate remained nominally independent. In 1858 the Dutch, apparently concerned over the risk of competition for control from other foreign powers, invaded Jambi with a force from Batavia. They met little resistance, and Sultan Taha fled to the upriver, inland regions of Jambi. The Dutch installed a puppet ruler, Nazarudin, in the lower region, which included the capital city. For the next forty years Taha maintained the upriver kingdom, and slowly reextended his influence over the lower regions through political agreements and marriage connections. In 1904, however, the Dutch were stronger and, as a part of a larger campaign to consolidate control over the entire archipelago, soldiers finally managed to capture and kill Taha, and in 1906, the entire area was brought under direct colonial management.

Administrative divisions

Jambi province is divided into nine regencies ("kabupaten") and one city ("kota"):

*Batang Hari
*Bungo
*Jambi (city)
*Kerinci
*Merangin
*Muaro Jambi
*Sarolangun
*Tanjung Jabung Timur
*Tanjung Jabung Barat
*Tebo

References

*Locher-Scholten, Elsbeth. 1993. Rivals and rituals in Jambi, South Sumatra. "Modern Asian Studies" 27(3):573-591.

External links

*id icon [http://www.pempropjambi.go.id/ Official site]


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