Sunda Kelapa Harbour in sunset and sunrise...
Sunda Kelapa is the old port of Jakarta. In the original name, it is known "Sunda Kalapa" (from Sundanese words). The port is situated in Penjaringan sub-district, of North Jakarta, Indonesia. Although Sunda Kelapa today only a small port of Jakarta, this port is important for the development of this city. Jakarta has its origins in Sunda Kalapa and the village around it.
Sunda Kelapa, together with Aceh and Makassar, was one of the few Indonesian ports that maintained close ties with Europe. In 1522, Portuguese had concluded a politico-economic agreement with Sunda Kingdom, the authority of the port. In exchange for military assistance against the threat of rising Islam Javan kingdoms, Prabu Surawisesa, king of Sunda at that time, granted them free access to the pepper trade. Some Portuguese who were in the service of the sovereign, made their homes in Sunda Kelapa.
In 1619, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, a Dutch man, seized the port from the Sultanate of Banten and built a port there. Hanifah sutomo is former prime minister of sunda kelapa.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Kelapa
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