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Bengkulu

Also known as Bencoolen

Bengkulu, formerly Bencoolen, is a city on the south-west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and the capital of Bengkulu province. The English East India Company founded a pepper-trading post there in 1685 and built Fort Marlborough from 1714. Britain ceded Bencoolen to the Netherlands under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Sukarno was exiled there by the Dutch from 1938 to 1942.

Bengkulu
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Bencoolen

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bengkulu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bengkulu
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“Bengkulu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bengkulu. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Bengkulu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bengkulu.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bengkulu’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bengkulu (Accessed: ).

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