 The city began to expand further south as epidemics in 1835 and 1870 forced residents to move away from the port.The "Koningsplein", now Merdeka Square was completed in 1818, the housing park of Menteng was started in 1913, and Kebayoran Baru was the last Dutch-built residential area.By 1930, Batavia had more than 500,000 inhabitants, including 37,067 Europeans.