Pattern and Integration of Ethnicity Settlements in Pekalongan City’s Old Town Area

Abstract

Pekalongan City is a cultural city that has a history of trading with several countries during the colonial period. There are four major ethnic groups living in Pekalongan City, which are indigenous (pribumi), Chinese ethnic groups, Arab ethnic groups, and the Dutch government during the colonial period. The existence of these four ethnicities in the past had a major influence on the physical characteristics and patterns of the different settlements in each ethnicity, such as linear, grouping, and spreading by using the theory of spatial organization of a form or pattern of an area by Francis D.K. Ching. This study finds the pattern identifications of community settlements based on each ethnicity that form settlements integration and to find connection of each settlement as a whole area, featuring Sampangan Village, Sugihwaras Village, and Jetayu Area (Europe/Colonial Area), Pekalongan City. The research analyzes the culture and habits of different ethnic communities and how politics greatly affects the formation of these ethnic settlement patterns, and how the communities accepted the difference to create a great urban settlement.