History in Rantau Prapat

                  Labuhanbatu Rantauprapat as the capital district in North Sumatra can not be separated from the history of the lives of the kings in tthis area. Many people do not know about the history of the city Rantauprapat. One is the area of ​​Door 10, it is a term of ten door of the store (shop). Its location, located in Veteran Rantauprapat precisely Martinus Lubis. Until now the old shophouses exist, it has its own history in the formation of the City Rantauprapat

            Pre and post-Independence of the Republic of Indonesia, this area is the center of Labuhanbatu crowd at the time. In addition Rantauprapat center of the kingdom, even the region as well as a commerce center. There, all products traded in commerce. There is one more trade center, which is later called the Pasar lama Rantauprapat. In the Pasar Lama, seller and buyers when it was still applying commerce system using barter pattern. Goods are directly exchanged for things.

     

          Especially when in the 50s ago, Pasar Lama enlivened the visitors who come from the upstream and downstream Bilah River. At that time the main of transport in the region only through the Bilah River using canoes.In fact, when the basic conditions and the quantity of water that is in the Blade River and the rapids (in contrast to current conditions) are still a lot of barges pass.In the past to into Rantauprapat people From the upstream and downstream used boat and barge. Rantauprapat City now has become the city's rapid development. The development by the government that can be categorized as rapidly and evenly. Ranging from the economy, shopping centers, transport to education in Rantauprapat.

                    Rantauprapat development is really increasing. Now Bilah River and Rasar Lama are not the senter of economy and tranportation in Rantauprapat. The government has built a bridge to connect and cross the river. And there are still store in Pasar Lama but not crowd as like as in the past. Now, there is Gelugur Market that takes the main trade in Rantauprapat.