Tanjungpura Kingdom
Tanjungpura Kingdom Kerajaan Tanjungpura | |||||||
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Flag used during the Matan Kingdom Era | |||||||
| Status | Part of the Dutch East Indies (from 1779) | ||||||
| Capital | Tanjungpura Negeri Baru (1487) Sukadana (1590) Sungai Matan Indra Laya Kartapura Tanjungpura (resettle) Muliakarta | ||||||
| Religion | Hindu-Buddhism (first era), Animism, Sunni Islam (last era) | ||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||
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• Established | 8th Century | ||||||
• Integration with Indonesia | 17 August 1950 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Indonesia | ||||||
Tanjungpura Kingdom or Tanjompura was the name of an ancient 8th century kingdom that was located along the southwestern coast of Borneo facing the Java Sea, a region that today corresponds to the Ketapang Regency of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The kingdom experienced several moves of the royal capital, first located in Negeri Baru (current village name) Ketapang Regency, then moved to Sukadana (currently the capital of North Kayong Regency), since Panembahan Sorgi (Giri Kesuma) embraced Islam.
The Kingdom of Tanjungpura is proof that the civilisation of Tanah Kayong was quite advanced in the past. Tanjungpura was once a province of the Singasari Kingdom as Bakulapura. The name "bakula" comes from Sanskrit which means a tanjung plant (Mimusops elengi), so that after being elongated it became Tanjungpura. Some of the descendants of this kingdom are scattered in several regions due to marriage, etc. There are those who live in Mempawah, Pontianak and several other cities. There are some descendants of this kingdom who released their titles and did not use their royal titles.