Fort Marlborough
Fort Marlborough is a former East India Company fort located in Bengkulu City, Sumatra. It was built between 1713 and 1719 by the East India Company under the leadership of Governor Joseph Collett as a defensive fort for the British East India Company's Residency there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: sbamueller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bengkulu and Kebun Gerand.
Bengkulu
Photo: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bengkulu is the capital of Bengkulu province, which is named after the city, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. With a population of 329,000, Bengkulu is the largest city of Bengkulu province.
Kebun Gerand
Village
Kebun Gerand is an Administrative Area in the Bengkulu Province, Indonesia. This village has a population of 2239 according to the 2010 census.
Fort Marlborough
- Type: Museum
- Description: Fort in Bengkulu, Indonesia
- Categories: fortification, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-3.78714° or 3° 47′ 14″ southLongitude
102.25181° or 102° 15′ 7″ eastOpen location code
6P846772+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 236152556OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5471595
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Javanese—“Fort Marlborough” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن مارلبورو”
- French: “fort Marlborough”
- French: “Fort Marlborough”
- German: “Fort Marlborough”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Marlborough”
- Japanese: “マールバラ砦”
- Javanese: “Benteng marlborough”
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