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Fort Anké was a fort located in 
Fort Anké was a fort located in North Jakarta
North Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Utara; bew, Jakarte Belilir) is one of the five administrative cities (''kota administrasi'') which form Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city counci ...
, Indonesia. It was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1657 along the river of the same name, to the west of the city of Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
. Historical names for the fort include Anckee, Anke, and Ankee.
Three officers of the French corsair ''Le Modeste'' were held as prisoners at the fort for five months, when French naturalist J.-J. La Billardière visited them in November 1796. The same text says the fort was located an hour from Batavia.
A Dutch map from 1740 shows the fort at the intersection of the Mookervaart channel and Angke river
The Angke River ( or , ) is a long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from Bogor area of West Java, passing through the cities of Tangerang ( Banten) and Jakarta into the Java Sea via the Cengkareng Drain.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Penge ...
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* List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta Dutch East India Company Colonial architecture in Jakarta Buildings and structures in Jakarta {{Indonesia-struct-stub