Origins & Ethnic concentrations
Categories: in Indonesia | November 20th, 2007 | by ekk | no comments 
Map of Chinese Indonesian origin location in mainland Chinese
Most Chinese Indonesian are descended from ethnic groups originally from the south-eastern part of China. These ethnic groups include:
Hakka
Hainan
Hokkien (Min Nan speakers)
Cantonese
Hokchia
Teochew
Ethnic concentrations
Peranakan - Jakarta, Java, Makassar
Hakka - Aceh, North Sumatra, Batam, South Sumatra, Bangka-Belitung, Lampung, Java, West Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Ambon and Jayapura.
Hainan - Riau (Pekanbaru and Batam), and Manado.
Hokkien - North Sumatra, Bagansiapiapi,Pekanbaru, Padang, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Java, Bali (especially in Denpasar and Singaraja), Banjarmasin, Kutai, Sumbawa, Manggarai, Kupang, Makassar, Kendari, Central Sulawesi, Manado, and Ambon.
Cantonese - Jakarta, Makassar and Manado.
Hokchia - Java (especially in Bandung, Cirebon, and Surabaya), Banjarmasin
Teochew - North Sumatra, Riau, South Sumatra, and West Kalimantan (especially in Pontianak and Ketapang).