History of Pekanbaru City Print E-mail
The first time, Pekanbaru was from a village in the side of Siak river. formerly, It was just a small village which called Payung Sekaki. The village was developped by Senapelan tribe which lived in the round of the river. Payung Sekaki became to Senapelan in the some years.
Administration system of Senapelan tribe used Kebatinan like Kingdom system. formerly, siak Sri Indrapura Kingdom was led by Sultan Siak IV Rajo Alam. He Had Surenamed Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin syah. the capital of Kingdom Siak was in Senapelan on 1775.

In 1766-1780, The economic developed in Petapahan. the location was west of Pekanbaru. And then, in order to Trading more good There for They made a market. But, The market had not been developping yet, while Sultan had been passaway. And then, He's son Became The King. He's Sultan Muhammad Abdul Jalil Muazzam syah. In this periode, the market developped more and more.

Market is meaning "Pekan" in Indonesan language. The market was located in hill Senapelan on 1784. After that Senapelan have been changed to Pekanbaru and it's meaning "New Market". It's changed on 23 July 1784. And now, Pekanbaru is called Bertuah City too. Pekanbaru City has been developping quickly since 1990.

There is a program to develop with three countrys. There are Singpore, johor and Riau. It's called Sijori. Pekanbaru city became center of sumatera Island and wecan go over there any ways. There are many Travell agent in roads Pekanbaru city. So, if you wan to picnic or vacation, don't worry about Transportation.


 
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