COLONIAL TOWN PONTIANAK: PROSES TERBENTUK DAN PERKEMBANGANYA PADA MASA VEREENIGDE OOST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE (VOC) TAHUN 1779-1791

Abstract

This research aims to find out how the initial process of the formation of the colonial city and its development in Pontianak during the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) period that took place from 1779-1791. The research method used in this study is a historical research method consisting of heuristics, criticism, interpretation and historiography. The results of this study are as follows: The initial process of the formation of Colonial Twon built by the VOC was not in vacant land so they always made political agreements with traditional rulers, in Pontianak the VOC made a political agreement called Acte Van Investiture on July 5, 1779, since then the VOC got an area of 1000x1000 m to be their administrative center. The area managed by the VOC was called 'Duizen Vierkanten Paal". After the political agreement, Pontianak could then be divided into two territories, between the Sultanate in the north called the Traditional Town area and the VOC as the south called Colonial Town. The two areas are separated by the Kapuas river. It was in Duizen Vierkanten Paal that the VOC began to build the Colonial City which lasted from 1779-1791. The VOC sees the potential of Pontianak as a stratgeist area for the center of trade so that it quickly develops. People from various regions also came to live in Pontianak. After the dissolution of the VOC its assets including those in the colonial city of Pontiank were taken over by the British through Rafles in 1811- 1815 but had little effect on the development and development of the Colonial City. In 1819 voc assets were taken over by the Dutch East Indies Government.