History of Town

Brief History

As a capital city of Riau Province, Pekanbaru originally came from a small village called Payung Sekaki located near the bank of Siak river. The Village was founded by tribe of Senapelan so that Payung Sekaki more knowledgeable by the name of Kampung of Senapelan. During that periode, a system called Kebatinan was applied, where power was on-hand a figure called Batin. When Siak Kingdom was ruled by the four sultan, that was Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin Syah, he made Senapelan as a center of Siak Kingdom. Under his governance, commercial activities grew rapidly so that the idea to establish a town arised.

After Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin Syah has passed awalm the plan to establish the town was continued by his son, Sultan Muhammad Ali Abdul Jalil Muazzam Syah (1784). Since that time, precisely Juny 2003, 1784, the name of Senapelan has not been used any longer anda changed with a new name, Pekanbaru.

Pekanbaru is splitted into 2 parts by Siak river which has estuary to territorial water of Mallaca strait. it also connects Pekanbaru to other towns alongside of its stream area. Surface of Siak river has red chromatic color with currents which looks calm in the middle of traffic transportation of the river. it represents typical view in the river sream which gets through this Pekanbaru City. Not far from port area alongside Siak river, there was orginal city of Pekanbaru for the first time.