History

The word “Bandung” is derived from the weir or dam because terbendungnya Citarum river by the lava of Mount Tangkuban Perahu ago, forming the lake. Legends told by old people in Bandung that name “Bandung” is taken from a water vehicle which consists of two boats tied up alongside the so-called boat used by the Regent of Bandung Bandung, RA Wiranatakusumah II, to navigate to the Ci Tarum in finding the locus of a new district to replace the old capital in Dayeuhkolot.
Bandung City geographically surrounded by mountains was visible, and this shows that in the past the city of Bandung is a pond or lake. Sangkuriang legend is a legend which tells how the formation of lakes Bandung, and how the formation of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, then how well Bandung, leaving a dry lake basin as it is today. Water from the lake Bandung according to legend was dry because it flows through a cave called Sangkyang Tikoro.
Area last remnants of a dry lake Bandung is Situ Aksan, who in the 1970′s is still the lake where tour, but now has become a residential area for resettlement.
Bandung city began to be used as residential areas since the colonial Dutch East Indies, through the Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels that time, issued a decree dated 25 September 1810 concerning the construction of facilities and infrastructure for this region. Later this event immortalized as the anniversary of the city of Bandung.
Bandung City was officially received the status of gemeente (city) from the Governor-General JB van Heutsz on April 1, 1906 with an area of ​​about 900 ha at the time, and increased to 8,000 ha in 1949, until the last increase to the current area.
During the independence war, on March 24, 1946, part of the city was burned by the freedom fighters as part of war strategy at the time. This event is known as the Bandung Ocean of Fire and immortalized in the song Halo-Halo Bandung. In addition the city was later abandoned by most of its inhabitants who fled to other areas.
On April 18, 1955 at Gedung Merdeka which formerly named “Concordia” (Jl. Asia Africa, current), opposite the Hotel Savoy Homann, held for the first time Asian-African Conference which was then re-Asian-African Summit 2005 held in this city on 19 April-24 April 2005.

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