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The province (Indonesian: provinsi or [propinsi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the highest tier of local government country subdivision in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body. The governor and member of local representatives are elected by popular vote for five-year terms. With East Timor gaining its independence, Indonesia currently has 34 provinces, seven of which have been created since 1999 (North Maluku, West Papua, Banten, Bangka-Belitung Islands, Gorontalo, Riau Islands and West Sulawesi) and five provinces received special status: Aceh, for the use of the Sharia Law as the regional law of the province; Yogyakarta Special Region, for being governed in an ancient monarchy system; Papua, for implementation of sustainable development; West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development; and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies (Indonesian: kabupaten) and cities.

The provinces are officially grouped into seven geographical units.[1]

Some of the provinces have the status of "island province", which gives them extra access to funds from the central government [2].

Map

The map does not show North Kalimantan province, which was created in October 2012.

List

Provinces of Indonesia[3]
Seal Province ISO[4] Capital Population Area (km²) Density Geographical unit Cities Regencies Subdistricts Villages
Aceh ID-AC Banda Aceh 4,494,410 57,956 77 Sumatra 4 19 275 6,420
Bali ID-BA Denpasar 3,890,757 5,780 621 Lesser Sunda Islands 1 8 57 698
Bangka-Belitung ID-BB Pangkal Pinang 1,223,296 16,424 64 Sumatra 1 6 43 361
Banten ID-BT Serang 10,632,166 9,662 909 Java 4 4 154 1,530
Bengkulu ID-BE Bengkulu 1,715,518 19,919 84 Sumatra 1 9 116 1,442
Central Java ID-JT Semarang 32,382,657 40,800 894 Java 6 29 573 8,577
Central Kalimantan ID-KT Palangkaraya 2,212,089 153,564 14 Kalimantan 1 13 120 1,439
Central Sulawesi ID-ST Palu 2,635,009 61,841 41 Sulawesi 1 10 147 1,712
East Java ID-JI Surabaya 37,476,757 47,799 828 Java 9 29 662 8,502
East Kalimantan ID-KI Samarinda 3,553,143 204,534 16 Kalimantan 4 10 136 1,404
East Nusa Tenggara ID-NT Kupang 4,683,827 48,718 92 Lesser Sunda Islands 1 20 286 2,775
Gorontalo ID-GO Gorontalo 1,040,164 11,257 94 Sulawesi 1 5 65 595
Jakarta Special Capital Region ID-JK Jakarta 9,607,787 664 12,786 Java 5 1 44 267
Jambi ID-JA Jambi 3,092,265 50,058 57 Sumatra 2 9 128 1,319
Lampung ID-LA Bandar Lampung 7,608,405 34,623 226 Sumatra 2 12 206 2,358
Maluku (Moluccas) ID-MA Ambon 1,533,506 46,914 32 Maluku Islands 2 9 76 898
North Maluku (N.Moluccas) ID-MU Sofifi 1,038,087 31,982 31 Maluku Islands 2 7 109 1,041
North Sulawesi ID-SA Manado 2,270,596 13,851 162 Sulawesi 4 11 150 1,510
North Sumatra ID-SU Medan 12,982,204 72,981 188 Sumatra 8 25 408 5,649
Special Region of Papua ID-PA Jayapura 2,833,381 319,036 8 Western New Guinea 1 28 330 3,583
Riau ID-RI Pekanbaru 5,538,367 87,023 52 Sumatra 2 10 153 1,500
Riau Islands ID-KR Tanjung Pinang 1,679,163 8,201 208 Sumatra 2 5 59 331
Southeast Sulawesi ID-SG Kendari 2,232,586 38,067 51 Sulawesi 2 10 199 1,843
South Kalimantan ID-KS Banjarmasin 3,626,616 38,744 96 Kalimantan 2 11 151 1,973
South Sulawesi ID-SN Makassar 8,034,776 46,717 151 Sulawesi 3 26 301 2,874
South Sumatra ID-SS Palembang 7,450,394 91,592 86 Sumatra 4 11 217 2,869
West Java ID-JB Bandung 43,053,732 35,377 1176 Java 9 17 625 5,827
West Kalimantan ID-KB Pontianak 4,395,983 147,307 30 Kalimantan 2 12 175 1,777
West Nusa Tenggara ID-NB Mataram 4,500,212 18,572 234 Lesser Sunda Islands 2 8 116 913
Special Region of West Papua ID-PB[5] Manokwari 760,422 97,024 8 Western New Guinea 1 10 149 1,291
West Sulawesi ID-SR Mamuju 1,158,651 16,787 73 Sulawesi 0 5 66 564
West Sumatra ID-SB Padang 4,846,909 42,012 110 Sumatra 7 12 169 964
Special Region of Yogyakarta ID-YO Yogyakarta 3,457,491 3,133 1,138 Java 1 4 78 438

Provinces by time of creation

  • 1957 Central Kalimantan (17th province) split from South Kalimantan
  • 1958, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara - by Indonesian law (Undang-Undang) No. 64/1958, three provinces were established in the Lesser Sunda Islands[6]
  • 13 April 1964 Central Sulawesi
  • 1967 Bengkulu [7]
  • 1999 North Maluku split from Maluku
  • 2000 Bangka–Belitung Islands split from South Sumatra
  • 2000 Gorontalo split from North Sulawesi
  • 2000 Banten split from West Java
  • February 2003 West Papua split from Papua
  • July 2004 Riau Islands split from Riau
  • 2004 West Sulawesi
  • 2012 North Kalimantan split from East Kalimantan[8]

Proposed provinces

Main article: proposed provinces of Indonesia

The government has limited the creation of new provinces to reach a maximum of 44 in 2025 [9]

List of proposed provinces

Region English name Indonesian name source province
Sumatra Tapanuli[10][11][12][13][14] Tapanuli North Sumatra
Sumatra Southeast Sumatra[15][16] Sumatera Tenggara North Sumatra
Sumatra Nias Islands[17] Kepulauan Nias North Sumatra
Sumatra East Sumatra[18] Sumatera Timur North Sumatra
Sumatra West Jambi[19] Jambi Barat Jambi
Sumatra North Lampung (no name given)[20] Lampung
Java Cirebon[21] Cirebon West Java
Lesser Sunda Islands Sumbawa Island[22] West Nusa Tenggara
Papua Central Papua[23][24] Papua Tengah Papua
Papua Cenderawasih Bay[25][26] Teluk Cenderawasih Papua
Papua South Papua[27] Papua Selatan Papua

References

  1. ^ ISO 3166-2:ID
  2. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/14/govt-approves-ntt-island-province.html
  3. ^ http://www.depdagri.go.id/pages/data-wilayah
  4. ^ ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
  5. ^ West Papua was created from the western portion of Papua province in February, 2003, initially under the name of Irian Jaya Barat, and was renamed Papua Barat (West Papua) on 2007-02-07. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, an Indonesian court agreed that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, the court ruled that because the new province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also prohibited the creation of another proposed province, Central Irian Jaya, because the split was not yet completed. As of June, 2008, an ISO 3166-2 code has not yet been published for West Papua. If one were to follow precedent, it would be ID-PB. Note: ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-1 (corrected 2010-02-19) page 18-19 confirms this as ID-PB. see http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-1_corrected_2010-02-19.pdf . The code ID-IJ now refers to the larger geographical region including Papua and West Papua.
  6. ^ Government of Indonesia (11 August 1958), Establishment of the First-level Administrative Regions of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara (in Indonesian ed.), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 64/1958, retrieved 2007-08-24 [dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/1603/node/538/uu-no-9-tahun-1967-pembentukan-propinsi-bengkulu
  8. ^ http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/house-agrees-on-creation-of-indonesias-34th-province-north-kalimantan/551754
  9. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/20/how-many-provinces-does-indonesia-need.html
  10. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2004/09/24/governor-shuns-tapanuli-province.html
  11. ^ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/28/n-sumatra-have-two-new-provinces.html
  12. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/07/25/support-n-sumatra-division-4-provinces.html
  13. ^ http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/justAdded/debate-over-tapanuli-heats-up-in-n-sumatra/272909
  14. ^ http://www.waspada.co.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90359:some-houses-factions-push-to-realize-tapanuli-province&catid=30:english-news&Itemid=101
  15. ^ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/28/n-sumatra-have-two-new-provinces.html
  16. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/07/25/support-n-sumatra-division-4-provinces.html
  17. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/07/25/support-n-sumatra-division-4-provinces.html
  18. ^ http://www.statoids.com/uid.html
  19. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/23/planned-creation-west-jambi-province-questioned.html
  20. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/29/six-regencies-lampung-form-new-province.html
  21. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/31/council-urged-endorse-formation-cirebon-province.html
  22. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/03/01/officials-support-new-province-sumbawa.html
  23. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/07/sby-discuss-formation-new-central-papua-province.html
  24. ^ http://www.asia-pacific-action.org/node/650
  25. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/28/better-public-services-not-new-provinces-papua-activists.html
  26. ^ http://www.statoids.com/uid.html
  27. ^ http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/27/house-backs-new-papuan-province.html

See also

Template:Life in Indonesia

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