The origins of the name of the city of Bontang

The origins of the name of the city of Bontang


According to a story in Borneo, said the word "Bontang" hereditary is a Dutch acronym for "bond" means a collection or English, which means the bonds of brotherhood and the "tang" of the word immigrant. Because the average population of immigrants from various regions, and therefore the title was given because the Bontang not escape the role immigrants. For many native people themselves living in rural areas far from the center of Bontang.
Based on the book saway in Kutai Sultanate that the Bontang name is Adji Batara Agung Dewa Sakti (1300-1325)


* From various sources