The History Of Bandung City

The word "Bandung" is derived from the word weir or dam because "terbendungnya/flood" Citarum river by boat Tangkuban Mountain lava and form a lake. Legends told by old people in Bandung saying that the name "Bandung" is taken from a water vehicle consisting of two boats tied up alongside the so-called boat used by the Regent Bandung Bandung, RA Wiranatakusumah II, to navigate to the Ci Tarum in the search for a new county seat to replace the old capital in Dayeuhkolot.

Bandung City Indonesia

Bandung city is a city and simultaneously became the capital of West Java province, Indonesia. The city is located 140 km southeast of Jakarta, and is the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. In this historic city, stands a first engineering colleges in Indonesia (Technische Hoogeschool, now a ITB), the scene of battle in time of independence, and had been a meeting place of Asian-African Conference of 1955, a meeting that voiced the spirit of anti-colonialism, even Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech said that Bandung is the capital of Asia and Africa.