Depok
Before his death, Chastelein had written a will that freed the slave families of Depok and gave them pieces of his land, converting slaves into landlords.
The 12 original Depok family names are: -Bacas -Isakh -Jacob -Jonathan -Joseph -Laurens -Leander -Loen -Sadokh -Samuel -Soedira -Tholense.
The original slave families of Depok are of Balinese, Ambonese, Buginese, Sundanese and Portuguese Indo, i.e., Mestizo and Mardijker descent. Isakh, Jacob, Jonathans, Joseph, and Samuel were family names baptized by Chastelein after the slave families converted to Protestant Christianity. The other families retained their original names and might have been Christian already before joining Chastelein's Protestant church. Descendants of the original Depok families with the exception of the Sadokh family, still live either in Indonesia or the Netherlands.
In 1871, the colonial government gave Depok a special status allowing the area to form its own government and president. The ruling no longer stood after 1952, where the Depok presidency ceded its control of Depok to the Indonesian government except for a few areas.
During the Bersiap period of 1945 much of Depok was destroyed and many of its inhabitants killed by 'Pemuda'. Many of the original Depok families fled from Indonesia during the Indonesian revolution and now live in the Netherlands as part of the Indo community there.
| Depok is divided into below with their 2010 Census | eleven districts, tabulated population. |
Depok has many local restaurants and is home to international chains such as McDonalds, A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks.
Modern-day landmarks that were once known as Depok's primary shopping centers include Ramanda, Hero Supermarket (now Index Home Furnishings), Agung Shop (now defunct and burned during the riot), and Target (now defunct).
There are several new shopping centers in Depok: ITC Depok, Depok Town Square รข€" commonly referred to as DeTos (anchor tenant: Matahari), and the latest mall which is Margo City (anchor tenants: Centro, Giant, Electronic City), all on Margonda Raya street.
Traditional markets include Pasar Depok Baru, Pasar Depok Lama, Pasar Kemiri (originally expanded to facilitate the move of Pasar Lama traders), Pasar PAL, Pasar Agung, Pasar Musi, Pasar Majapahit.
Depok has several major bookstores including a Gramedia and Toko Gunung Agung and a large collection of small roadside bookstores.
Depok has several private language schools, namely the future EF English First, ILP, and several other smaller establishments. These are all along Margonda Raya and Cinere Raya, the main road through Depok.
Public car transportation is the major means of transportation in Depok. The other means of transport is train that connects Depok to Jakarta to the north and Bogor to the south.
In Depok there are two major train stations. The Depok or Depok Lama Station, which is older and has many more tracks, is located to the south. The Depok Baru (New Depok) Station is closer to Jakarta. There are smaller train stations: University of Indonesia and Pondok Cina. The train is the fastest and most-used way to travel to central Jakarta and is usually extremely crowded during peak times. Depok is also served by the Pondok Cabe Airport.
Related Sites for Depok
- Depok Map | Indonesia Google Satellite Maps read Depok
- Portal Berita Resmi Pemerintah Kota Depok read Depok
- Jakarta Depok | Facebook read Depok
- Depok - Places | Facebook read Depok
