Do You Know: History of Bogor

Bogor city has a long history in the Government, considering the period since Pajajaran Kingdom in accordance with the evidence that there's such as Prasasti Batu Tulis, the names of the villages such as known by the name Lawanggintung, Lawang Saketeng, Jerokuta, and Baranangsiang Leuwi Sipatahunan believed that as Pakuan Pajajaran capital city is located in the city of Bogor.

Pakuan Pajajaran Government as the central government in the famous Prabu Siliwangi (Mightiness Sri Maharaja) who constituted right on 3 June 1482, the next day made the day so Bogor, because since 1973 has been set by the Legislative District and the City of Bogor as Bogor and so always diperingati every year until now.

As a result of the invasion of Banten to Pakuan Pajajaran Pakuan notes about the lost city, was back after the new arrival ekspidisi group of people led by the Netherlands and Riebeck Scipio in the year 1687, and they examine Prasasti Batutulis and other sites that believes that in that Bogor located Pakuan Pajajaran central Government.

In the year 1745 the Governor General of Dutch East Indies at that time named Baron Van Inhoff build Bogor Palace, along with the development of Daenless road that connects with the Batavia Bogor, Bogor, so the start developing.

During the British occupation which the Governor is Jendralnya Thomas Rafless, he is meritorious in the City of Bogor, the Bogor Palace direnofasi and the City made the land (Botanical Garden), he also worked a Planner who called up the Bogor Carsens as the health known as the Buitenzoorg.

After the Government back to the Dutch East Indies in tahun1903, terbit Decentralization Act which aims to remove the traditional system of government is replaced with a modern system of government administration was established as a realization Staadsgemeente.

Gemeente the establishment is not for the benefit of the indigenous population but for the sake of the people and the Dutch community and the European Group be (which is the Burgermeester from Staatsgemeente Buitenzoorg always the Netherlands in 1940 and a new occupied by the Bumiputra namely Mr. Soebroto).

In the year 1922 as a result of the dissatisfaction of the role desentralisasiyang have the terbentuklah Bestuursher Voorings Ordonantie or law governing the change of Government of Dutch Indies (Staatsblad 1922 no. 216), so in 1992 terbentuklah Regentschaps Ordonantie (Ordonantie District), which makes provisions Autonomous District area (Staatsblad 1925 no. 79)

West Java Province was formed in 1925 (Staatsblad 1924 no. 378 bij Propince West Java), which consists of 5 residency, District 18 (Regentscape) and municipal (Staads Gemeente), where Buitenzoorg (Bogor), one Staads Gemeente in West Java in based on the form (Staatsblad 1905 no. 208 jo. Staatsblad 1926 no. 368), the Decentralization pripsip Modern, where the position becomes clear Bugermeester.

During the Japanese occupation government position in the City of Bogor to be weak because the government concentrated on the level of residency in the City of Bogor, the names of these institutions of government changed the name that is: a residency Syoeoe, District / Regenschaps-ken into, the City / Staads Gemeente into Si, Kewedanaan become / became District Gun, District / Under Soe Districk into a village and Koe. In the period after independence, the sovereignty of the Government of Indonesia in Bogor city name to the city of Bogor was berdasarakan Shrimp 16-Year Tax Act 1950.

Then in 1957 the name was changed to Kota Praja Bogor, according to the Tax Act. 1Tahun 1957, and with the Law No. 18 year 1965 and Act No. 5 Year 1974 changed again to become Regional Municipality Level II Bogor. With diber-lakukanya Law Number 22 Year 1999, the Regional Municipality Level II was changed into Bogor Bogor City