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Hatta's birthplace is now known as Bukittinggi, Indonesia. He was born in 1902 in the city of Fort de Kock, which was the capital of the Dutch East Indies at the time. The city was renamed Bukittinggi in 1949 after Indonesia gained its independence. Hatta was a prominent figure in the Indonesian independence movement and served as the first vice president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1956.