Tonjong

Tonjong is a village in Banten, Western Java. Tonjong is situated nearby to the hamlet Sindangjaya, as well as near Kepuh.

Type: Village
Description: village in Serang Regency, Banten, Indonesia
Also known as: “Desa Tonjong”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tonjong Baru railway station and Great Mosque of Banten.

Tonjong Baru railway station

Railway station

Photo: Muhammad Rizky Pratama, CC BY 3.0.

Tonjong Baru Station is a class III railway station located in Tonjong, Kramatwatu, Serang Regency, Banten. The station, which is located at an altitude of +4 m, is included in the Operation Area I Jakarta.

Great Mosque of Banten

Mosque

Photo: Firdaus31, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Mosque of Banten is a historic mosque in Old Banten, 10 km north of Serang, Indonesia. The 16th-century mosque was one of the few surviving remnants of what used to be the port city of Banten, the most prosperous trading center in the Indonesian archipelago after the fall of Demak Sultanate in mid-16th century.

Keraton Surosowan

Archaeological site

Photo: Mirani Pramitasari, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Keraton Surosowan is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banten and Kasunyatan.

Banten

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Banten, also known as Banten Lama is a town in the province of Banten, in the Western Java region of Indonesia. Banten used to be the capital of the powerful Banten sultanate, that had control over trade in parts of Western Java and Sumatra in the 16th to 18th century.