Ragunan Zoo is a zoo located in the area Ragunan, Sunday Market, South Jakarta, Indonesia. An area of 140 hectare zoo was founded in 1864. In it, there are various collection consisting of 295 species and 4040 specimens.
Ragunan was closed for about three weeks since 19 September 2005 because of the animals in which there are infected with bird flu, but reopened on October 11.
[edit] History
Ragunan Zoo was the first zoo in Indonesia. The zoo was founded in 1864 under the name En Dierentuin Planten which means "Plants and the Zoo." Located on a land area of 10 hectares in area Cikini, Central Jakarta which is the provision of a famous Indonesian painter Raden Saleh. At that time, Planten En Dierentuin managed by Flora and Fauna Society Merciful Batavia incorporated in Culturule Vereniging Planten en Dierentuin at Batavia. [1]
In 1949, the name was changed to Planten En Dierentuin Cikini Zoo and in 1969 moved to the area Ragunan, Sunday Market, South Jakarta in 1964. The Jakarta administration to grant the land area of 30 hectares that is home to the zoo. Jakarta governor Ali Sadikin Ragunan Wildlife Park inaugurated on June 22, 1966.
Ragunan was closed for about three weeks since 19 September 2005 because of the animals in which there are infected with bird flu, but reopened on October 11.
[edit] History
Ragunan Zoo was the first zoo in Indonesia. The zoo was founded in 1864 under the name En Dierentuin Planten which means "Plants and the Zoo." Located on a land area of 10 hectares in area Cikini, Central Jakarta which is the provision of a famous Indonesian painter Raden Saleh. At that time, Planten En Dierentuin managed by Flora and Fauna Society Merciful Batavia incorporated in Culturule Vereniging Planten en Dierentuin at Batavia. [1]
In 1949, the name was changed to Planten En Dierentuin Cikini Zoo and in 1969 moved to the area Ragunan, Sunday Market, South Jakarta in 1964. The Jakarta administration to grant the land area of 30 hectares that is home to the zoo. Jakarta governor Ali Sadikin Ragunan Wildlife Park inaugurated on June 22, 1966.
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