As of the 2020 Census, Medan has a population of 2,435,252 within its city limits, and over 3.4 million in its built-up urban area, making it the fourth largest urban area in Indonesia. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main central cities of Indonesia, alongside Jakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar. In 1915 Medan officially became the capital of North Sumatra Province, and officially a city in 1918.Medan ( Indonesian pronunciation: ( listen) English: / m ə d ɑː n/) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra.
The Dutch governed Tanah Deli from 1658, after Sultan Ismail, ruler of the Siak Sultanate, yielded some of his once-ruled land, Deli, Langkat, and Serdang. Medan quickly became a center of government and commercial activity, dominating development of Indonesia's western region.
Medan did not experience significant development until the 1860s, when the Dutch colonialists began clearing the land for tobacco plantations. In the second year reign of Sultan Deli (between 1669–1698), there was a cavalry battle in Medan. This growth stimulated growth in both the population and culture of Medan.
It was not until the Sultan of Aceh, Sultan Iskandar Muda, sent his warlord, Gocah Pahlawan Laksamana Khoja Bintan, to be the Sultanate of Aceh's representative in Tanah Deli, that the Sultanate of Deli started to grow. The first inhabitants of Medan came from the Malays of the Malay Peninsula, the Mandailings from the South Tapanuli Regency and the Karonese who originated from the Karo Highlands. One of the Karo-Indonesia dictionary written by Darwin Prinst SH published in 2002 wrote that Medan could also be defined as "recover" or "be better". However, other sources indicated that the name of Medan actually came from Indian Hindi language word "Maidan" meaning "ground" or "land"(like in Pragati Maidan in Delhi).
The original location of Kampung Medan is an area where the Deli River meets the Babura River.īased on the diary of the Portuguese merchant in early 16th century, it stated that the name of Medan was actually derived from Medina which is actually a holy city in the western of Saudi Arabia. Because Kampung Medan sits on Tanah Deli (Land of Deli), Kampung Medan is also referred as Medan-Deli. Kampung Medan was founded by Guru Patimpus around the 1590s. Medan started as a village called Kampung Medan (Medan Village).
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