Native state (zelfbesturend landschap)”) is a term or concept described inJongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Administrative unit governed by a zelfbestuurder, e.g., Peusangan.
Translation
‘landscape’/native state under self-rulelandschap)
Description
Administrative unit governed by a zelfbestuurder, e.g., Peusangan. Landschapshoofden (regional chiefs) were cooperators in the failed Siglirice mill cooperative. Landschappen are part of afdeelingen.zelfbestuurder (self-ruler) under Dutch indirect rule. E.g. Kaway XVI is a landschap. The head is the landschapshoofd (called Maharadja at Lho’SeumawéSelf-governing territory within the colonial administrative structure; partially finance Landbouwvoorlichtingsdienst and veearts personnel.
Significance
The term landschap is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
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. 59, 68, 85, 104.