The demographic dynamics of bandung city in the early 20th century in haryoto kunto’s view

Abstract

This article discusses the demographic development of Bandung City from 1907-1996 which was recorded in the works of “Kuncen Bandung” Haryoto Kunto. Haryoto Kunto explored the history of Bandung from old books and arranged in such a way to get a general description of Bandung from time to time. His works use very loose language, almost the same as the colloquial language used in daily conversation. However, his works have important information regarding Bandung’s demographic change, especially in terms of the emergence of immigrants. This study uses a qualitative content analysis method to describe and analyze in detail the description of the demographic dynamics of Bandung in 1907-1996 in Haryoto Kunto’s books, such as Wajah Bandoeng Tempo Doeloe (1984), Semerbak Bunga di Bandung Raya (1986), and Ramadhan di Priangan (1996). Haryoto Kunto describes the history of the city of Bandung in a very interesting way of telling stories using the perspective of city history and the approach of planalogy. Factors that accelerate population development in the city of Bandung are the policy of relocating the capital city of Bandung, relocating the Priangan residency capital, infrastructure development, urbanization, and plantation development. The development of other city infrastructure has added to the heterogeneity of the population of Bandung City. The immigrants in the city of Bandung can be seen from the naming of places and roads, such as Babakan Bogor, Babakan Surabaya, Kampung Jawa, Jalan Naripan (Betawi), Asep Berlian (Palembang), Alketiri Alley, and Aljabri Gang (Arabic), and Chinatown (Ethnic Chinese).