Depok
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Depok City Kota Depok De Eerste Protestante Organisatie van Christenen |
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| • Sundanese | ᮊᮧᮒ ᮓᮦᮕᮧᮊ᮪ | |
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| Nickname(s): Kota Belimbing (Starfruit City) | ||
 Depok City
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| Coordinates: 6°23′24″S 106°49′48″E / 6.39000°S 106.83000°ECoordinates: 6°23′24″S 106°49′48″E / 6.39000°S 106.83000°E | ||
| Country | Indonesia | |
| Province | West Java | |
| Capital | Depok Baru | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Idris Abdul Somad | |
| • Vice Mayor | Pradi Supriatna | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 200.29 km2 (77.33 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 50–140 m (164–459 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 1,751,696 | |
| • Density | 8,700/km2 (23,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) | |
| Area code(s) | 021 | |
| License plate | B | |
| Website | www.depok.go.id | |
Depok is a city in West Java province, Indonesia on the southern border of DKI Jakarta in the Jabodetabek metropolitan region. The "de" in Jabodetabek refers to Depok, while Depok word is an acronym of De Eerste Protestants Onderdaan Kerk (Indonesian: Organisasi Kristen Protestan Pertama, English: First Protestant Christian Organization). There is also a saying that the word "depok" itself comes from Sundanese language meaning hermitage or abode of one living in seclusion.
It has an area of 200.29 km2 and at the 2010 Census had a population of 1,751,696 people, with a density of 8,746 people/km2.
The city is divided into eleven districts (kecamatan). The seat of the regency is located at Depok Jaya.
On 18 May 1696, a former VOC officer bought the land with an area of 12.44 km2, 6.2% the area of today's Depok. Besides cultivating the area with industrial plants with the help of the locals, Chastelein was active as a missionary, preaching Christianity to the indigenous Indonesians. To this end, he established a local congregation named De Eerste Protestante Organisatie van Christenen (DEPOC). Although the Sundanese name Depok, meaning hermitage or abode of one living in seclusion, was already in existence before the establishment of the congregation, some insist the acronym might have been the origin of the city's name. Today majority of Depok's population are adherent to Islam, except for the majority of the original Depok family.
Before his death on June 28, 1714, Chastelein had written a will that freed the slave families of Depok and gave them pieces of his land, converting slaves into landlords. In 1714, the 12 slave families became landlords (forever as given to them with entitlement deeds of the owner Chastelien in his will) and freed men, women, and children. The freed slaves are also referred to as the Mardijker's - the word Merdeka meaning freedom in Bahasa Indonesia. June 28 is designated as Depokse Daag (Depok Day) by the original Depok family, and on June 28, 2014, 300 years of commemoration, they formally opened a 3-meter height monument on its own land, but it was prohibited by the Government as it referred to Dutch colonialization.
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