Semarang

Geographical unit

Semarang is a port city in Indonesia on the northern coast of Java with a population of 1.2895 million. It is the capital of Central Java province at the mouth of the river Semarang.

Overview

The first railway Dutch East Indies linked the port since 1867 Tanggung, it was the seat of administration of the Nederlands -Indische Spoorweg and several private railways. In Semarang the first multinational conglomerate in Southeast Asia Oei Tiong Ham was founded by.

The city has well-developed seaports, are exported from which sugar, copra, tobacco, coffee, and rubber. Furthermore, there are shipyards, engineering and electrical industries and an important fishing. In addition, footwear, textiles and glass are manufactured.

The University of Diponegoro in Semarang was founded in 1960. The city is the seat of a Catholic archbishopric, whose Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo by Pope Benedict XVI. was appointed military bishop of Indonesia on January 2, 2006. He was in Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja successor, who resigned from office on grounds of age.

Due to the uncontrolled pumping ground water, the city lowers by about 15 centimeters, resulting in large economic losses annually.

Sports

The football club PSIS Semarang was founded in 1932 plays since 2001 in the highest Indonesian league, the Indonesia Super League.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Raden Saleh Syaif Bustama (1811-1880), Javanese prince and painter
  • Willem Einthoven (1860-1927), Dutch physician and researcher, his work led to the development of the electrocardiogram ( Nobel Prize for Medicine 1924)
  • Carl Lucas North (1880-1965), USA / Holland - engineer and inventor of the bombing target device
  • Gerard Pieter Adolf (1898-1968), Dutch painter and architect - ostinidischer
  • Klaus Hashagen (1924-1998), composer
  • Fuad Hassan (1929-2007), politician, Minister of Education (1985-1993)
  • Xenia Stad -de Jong (1922-2012), athlete ( Olympic Champion 1948)
  • Nh. Dini (* 1936), writer
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