Vrijhaven (English: “Free port”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Status granted to Sabang on 4 April 1896, opening it to world shipping traffic.
Translation
Free port
Description
Status granted to Sabang on 4 April 1896, opening it to world shipping traffic.
Significance
The term Vrijhaven 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. 281.