KOTA BELANDA

History In 1670, this Dutch city was built by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to store tin ore obtained from the state of Perak. In 1690, local people who did not agree with the way the Dutch obtained the tin and destroyed the city. After 1779 Kota Belanda was no longer used because the Dutch focused on the spice trade in Maluku, Indonesia. The Netherlands also faced the Napoleonic wars in Europe. In 1824 the Dutch and the British officially divided their respective territories in the archipelago through the Anglo-Dutch Agreement of 1824. Conservation Efforts In 1973, the city was rebuilt by the Museum Department and was gazetted as an old monument and historical land site under the Bendapurba Act 1976 in section No.247, Perak State Gazette dated 31 March 1970. Later in 1997, the Perak state government advanced this area is also a Perak state tourism area. Several traditional Perak state limas houses have been built here. Various food stalls, clothes and souvenirs are also available here. Some parts of the city have been renovated and beautified in the surroundings of Malay fishing villages.