Batavia

E3956

colonial city former capital city

Batavia was the principal colonial capital of the Dutch East Indies, located on the site of present-day Jakarta in Indonesia.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Batavia canonical	82
Jakarta	13
Batavia, Dutch East Indies	3
Batavia (Jakarta)	2
Batavia, Netherlands	2
Batavia is former name of Jakarta	1
Batavia region (future Jakarta)	1
Betawi	1
Old Batavia	1
Oud Batavia	1
Special Capital Region of Jakarta	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial city ⓘ former capital city ⓘ
architectureStyle	Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ
capitalOf	Dutch East Indies ⓘ
colonialPower	Dutch Republic ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Dutch East Indies ⓘ
economicRole	center of spice trade ⓘ entrepôt for Asian-European trade ⓘ
foundedBy	Dutch East India Company ⓘ VOC ⓘ
function	administrative center of Dutch East Indies ⓘ commercial hub of Dutch East Indies ⓘ
geographicFeature	coastal city ⓘ
governedBy	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
harborType	natural harbor ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunities	Arab community ⓘ Chinese community ⓘ Dutch colonists ⓘ Indian community ⓘ Indigenous Javanese ⓘ
historicalEra	European colonial empires ⓘ surface form: Age of Colonialism Dutch colonial period in Indonesia ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ Malay ⓘ
laterKnownAs	Batavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jakarta
locatedIn	Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ
locatedOn	north coast of Java ⓘ
locatedOnSiteOf	Batavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jakarta
namedAfter	Batavi tribe ⓘ The Hague ⓘ surface form: Batavia (Latin name for part of the Netherlands)
partOf	Dutch East Indies administrative structure ⓘ Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
portType	major port city ⓘ
presentDayCountry	Indonesia ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Batavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jakarta
principalColonialCapitalOf	Dutch East Indies ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
regionNow	Batavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Capital Region of Jakarta
roleInEmpire	administrative capital of Dutch colonial empire in the East ⓘ
strategicImportance	center of Dutch colonial administration in Asia ⓘ control of trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
successor	Batavia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jakarta
urbanFeature	canal system ⓘ walled city ⓘ
usedAs	VOC headquarters in Asia ⓘ trading hub for spice trade ⓘ

Referenced by (108)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch East India Company → mainPort → Batavia ⓘ

Dutch East India Company → mainBase → Batavia ⓘ

Dutch East India Company → foundedColony → Batavia ⓘ

Dutch East Indies → capital → Batavia ⓘ