The development of ethnic settlement formation in Jambi Region, Indonesia: Tracing the history and development of the port city area

Jambi is one of the historical areas that underwent a transformation from a traditional to a modern area. The development process has resulted in the formation of settlements that have been interesting to study in recent decades: ethnic settlements in Jambi. The purpose of this research is to explore the formation of ethnic settlements in Jambi. The method used in this research is the 4 stages of the historical method – heuristics (source collection), source criticism (internal and external criticism), interpretation (interpretation), and historiography (historical writing). In addition, an ethnohistorical approach is also used to obtain more comprehensive results. The results showed that ethnic settlements emerged gradually in Jambi. In the early stages, ethnic settlement locations were scattered irregularly, then organized by race and class, and finally developed into ethnic settlement locations. The formation of ethnic settlements in Jambi Harbor was influenced by regional morphology and political government factors at each stage.