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| Benkoelen Residency Residentie Benkoelen | |
|---|---|
| Residency of Dutch East Indies | |
| 1824–1942 | |
 Map of Benkoelen ressidentie | |
| Capital | Benkoelen |
| History | |
| 2 June 1824 | |
| 14 February – 28 March 1942 | |
| Today part of | Bengkulu |
Benkoelen Residency (Dutch: Residentie Benkoelen), also spelled Bencoolen, is an administrative subdivision of the Dutch East Indies, covering the present-day province of Bengkulu, Indonesia. Benkoelen was a British colony before they ceded it to the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.[1] It was one of the control center of the Dutch before independence, though after independence it became the resident of Bengkulu prefect. Initially it was the part of Sumatra, with the division of Sumatra, it became the part of Southern Sumatra. Further, on the demand of Bengkulu Struggle Agency and according to Law no. 9/1967 Junkto Government Regulation no. 20/1968,[2] Bengkulu became an all-new province, thereby making the Benkoelen Residency a part of it.[3]
- ^ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 34.
- ^ "History of Bengkulu Residency".
- ^ "Benkulen".