Denpasar - History

History

Denpasar was the capital of the kingdom of Badung. It was conquered by the Dutch during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906). The royal palace was looted and razed by the Dutch, leaving today's central square "Taman Puputan" in which a statue to the 1906 Puputan can be seen.

Denpasar eventually also remains the administrative center of the Regency of Badung and Denpasar even starting in 1958 also made the seat of government for the Province of Bali.

By Denpasar become the center of government for the Level II and Level I Badung Bali experienced rapid growth both in terms of physical, economic, social and cultural rights.

The physical state of Denpasar and the surrounding area has been developed in such a life of its people and also have a lot of shows characteristics and urban properties. Denpasar was the seat of government, center of commerce, education centers, industrial centers and tourist center that consists of 4 districts, namely West Denpasar, East Denpasar, South Denpasar, and North Denpasar..

Seeing the development of the Administrative City of Denpasar in various sectors rapidly, then it may just be handled by the Government Administrative City status. Therefore, it's time to set up the city government has the authority to regulate and manage autonomous urban cities so that the problem can be handled more quickly and precisely and services in urban communities more quickly.

As with other cities in Indonesia, Denpasar is the provincial capital growth and population growth as well as its speed of development in all sectors continues to increase, providing a huge influence on the city itself.

Similarly, the city of Denpasar is the capital city of the Regency of Badung and also is the capital of the Province of Bali has grown so rapidly.

The average population growth of 4.05% per annum and also accompanied the speed of growth in various sectors of development, thus providing a huge influence on the city of Denpasar, which ultimately led to a variety of urban problems to be solved and addressed by the City Administrative, both in meeting needs and demands of urban communities such increase.

Based on objective conditions and other considerations between Level I and Level II Badung has reached an agreement to raise the status of City Administrative Denpasar Denpasar. And finally on January 15, 1992, Act No. 1 of 1992 on the establishment of the city of Denpasar born and was inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs, on 27 February 1992 that a new chapter for the implementation of Regional Government of Bali, District of Badung and also for the city of Denpasar.