| dc.description.abstract | This research focuses on “Tebing Tinggi City 1979-2006.” This research
process uses the historical method, beginning with determining the topic. Then the
heuristic stage (source collection), the author uses primary sources of archives,
newspaper articles, and interviews. Then using secondary sources in the form of books
and journals. The sources were then verified (criticized), through external criticism to
obtain the authenticity of the sources and internal criticism to produce the credibility
of historical facts. Then, the results of the verification are interpreted in the form of
analysis and synthesis to produce a historical narrative. Finally, historiography, which
aims to reconstruct the historical facts that have been collected. The results showed that
Tebing Tinggi City is a city that has a long history since it was inaugurated by the
Dutch as a gemente in the 20th century. Furthermore, in 1956 it was authorized as a
Municipality by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. In 1979, Tebing Tinggi
City was expanded into 3 sub-districts and 12 villages due to socio-economic factors,
development needs, and population increase. Although the area had already been
divided, in 2006 Tebing Tinggi City was re-divided from 3 sub-districts to 5 villages
and from 12 villages to 35 villages. The elements are mostly the same, the only
fundamental difference is the government program in the form of immigration which
became the difference in 2006. Until now, Tebing Tinggi City has never been
expanded. | en_US |
