ceintuurbaan / straalbanen (English: “Belt railway / radial railways”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Circular and radial railway lines around Koeta Radja, built in 1885 and dismantled in 1896 when the concentratiestelsel was abandoned.
Translation
Belt railway / radial railways
Description
Circular and radial railway lines around Koeta Radja, built in 1885 and dismantled in 1896 when the concentratiestelsel was abandoned.
Significance
The term ceintuurbaan / straalbanen is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
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Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 291.