Provinces of Indonesia

Provinces of Indonesia
Provinces of Indonesia
Category	Province
Location	Indonesia
Number	34 provinces
Populations	Smallest: 622,350 (North Kalimantan); Largest: 43,053,732 (West Java)
Areas	Smallest: 664 km2 (256 sq mi) (Jakarta); Largest: 319,036 km2 (123,180 sq mi) (Papua)
Government	Governor;
Subdivisions	Regencies and cities;

The provinces of Indonesia (provinsi) are the 34 largest subdivisions of the country and the highest tier of the local government (formerly called first-level region provinces or provinsi daerah tingkat I). Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities (formerly called second-level regions or kabupaten/kotamadya daerah tingkat II), which are in turn subdivided into districts (kecamatan).

Background

Each province has a local government headed by a governor, and a legislative body. The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms.

Current provinces

Indonesia has 34 provinces. Five provinces have special status:

Aceh, for the use of the sharia law as the regional law of the province.
Jakarta as the capital city.
Special Region of Yogyakarta, has Sultan Hamengkubuwono as hereditary governor and Paku Alam as hereditary vice-governor.
Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development.
West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development.

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

Click on a province name to go to its main article.

Table of provinces

Provinces of Indonesia^[2]^[3]
Province	Indonesian acronym	ISO^[4]	Capital	Population (2015)^[5]	Area (km²)	Population density per km² (2010)	Geographical unit	Number of cities (kota) and regencies (kabupaten)	Number of cities (kota)	Number of regencies (kabupaten)
Aceh	Aceh	ID-AC	Banda Aceh	4,993,385	57,956	77	Sumatra	23	5	18
Bali	Bali	ID-BA	Denpasar	4,148,588	5,780	621	Lesser Sunda Islands	9	1	8
Bangka Belitung Islands	Babel	ID-BB	Pangkalpinang	1,370,331	16,424	64	Sumatra	7	1	6
Banten	Banten	ID-BT	Serang	11,934,373	9,662	909	Java	8	4	4
Bengkulu	Bengkulu	ID-BE	Bengkulu	1,872,136	19,919	84	Sumatra	10	1	9
Central Java	Jateng	ID-JT	Semarang	33,753,023	40,800	894	Java	35	6	29
Central Kalimantan	Kalteng	ID-KT	Palangka Raya	2,490,178	153,564	14	Kalimantan	14	1	13
Central Sulawesi	Sulteng	ID-ST	Palu	2,872,857	61,841	41	Sulawesi	13	1	12
East Java	Jatim	ID-JI	Surabaya	38,828,061	47,799	828	Java	38	9	29
East Kalimantan^[6]	Kaltim	ID-KI	Samarinda	3,422,676	139,462	22	Kalimantan	10	3	7
East Nusa Tenggara	NTT	ID-NT	Kupang	5,112,760	48,718	92	Lesser Sunda Islands	22	1	21
Gorontalo	Gorontalo	ID-GO	Gorontalo	1,131,670	11,257	94	Sulawesi	6	1	5
Special Capital Region of Jakarta	DKI	ID-JK	Jakarta^[a]	10,154,134	664	12,786	Java	6	5	1
Jambi	Jambi	ID-JA	Jambi	3,397,164	50,058	57	Sumatra	11	2	9
Lampung	Lampung	ID-LA	Bandar Lampung	8,109,601	34,623	226	Sumatra	15	2	13
Maluku	Maluku	ID-MA	Ambon	1,683,856	46,914	32	Maluku Islands	11	2	9
North Kalimantan	Kaltara	ID-KU	Tanjung Selor	639,639	72,275	10	Kalimantan	5	1	4
North Maluku	Malut	ID-MU	Sofifi	1,160,275	31,982	31	Maluku Islands	10	2	8
North Sulawesi	Sulut	ID-SA	Manado	2,409,921	13,851	162	Sulawesi	15	4	11
North Sumatra	Sumut	ID-SU	Medan	13,923,262	72,981	188	Sumatra	33	8	25
Papua	Papua	ID-PA	Jayapura	3,143,088	319,036	8	Western New Guinea	29	1	28
Riau	Riau	ID-RI	Pekanbaru	6,330,941	87,023	52	Sumatra	12	2	10
Riau Islands	Kepri	ID-KR	Tanjungpinang	1,968,313	8,201	208	Sumatra	7	2
Southeast Sulawesi	Sultra	ID-SG	Kendari	2,495,248	38,067	51	Sulawesi	17	2	15
South Kalimantan	Kalsel	ID-KS	Banjarmasin	3,984,315	38,744	96	Kalimantan	13	2	11
South Sulawesi	Sulsel	ID-SN	Makassar	8,512,608	46,717	151	Sulawesi	24	3	21
South Sumatra	Sumsel	ID-SS	Palembang	8,043,042	91,592	86	Sumatra	17	4	13
West Java	Jabar	ID-JB	Bandung	46,668,214	35,377	1,176	Java	27	9	18
West Kalimantan	Kalbar	ID-KB	Pontianak	4,783,209	147,307	30	Kalimantan	14	2	12
West Nusa Tenggara	NTB	ID-NB	Mataram	4,830,118	18,572	234	Lesser Sunda Islands	10	2	8
West Papua	Pabar	ID-PB^[7]	Manokwari	868,819	97,024	8	Western New Guinea	13	1	12
West Sulawesi	Sulbar	ID-SR	Mamuju	1,279,994	16,787	73	Sulawesi	6	0	6
West Sumatra	Sumbar	ID-SB	Padang	5,190,577	42,012	110	Sumatra	19	7	12
Special Region of Yogyakarta	DIY	ID-YO	Yogyakarta	3,675,768	3,133	1,138	Java	5	1	4

Former provinces

Upon the independence of Indonesia, eight provinces were established: West Java, Central Java, East Java, and Maluku still exist as of today despite later divisions, while Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Lesser Sunda were fully liquidated. The province of Central Sumatra existed from 1948 to 1957, while East Timor was annexed as a province from 1976 until its power transfer to UNTAET in 1999 prior to its independence as a country in 2002.

Province	Capital	Period	Successor(s)
Sumatra^[8]	Bukittinggi / Medan	1945–1948	Central Sumatra North Sumatra South Sumatra
Kalimantan^[9]	Banjarmasin	1945–1956	East Kalimantan South Kalimantan West Kalimantan
Nusa Tenggara (formerly Lesser Sunda (Sunda Kecil))^[10]	Singaraja	1945–1958	Bali East Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi^[11]	Makassar / Manado	1945–1960	North-Central Sulawesi South-Southeast Sulawesi
Central Sumatra (Sumatera Tengah)^[8]^[12]	Bukittinggi	1948–1957	Jambi Riau West Sumatra
North-Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara-Tengah)^[13]	Manado	1960–1964	North Sulawesi Central Sulawesi
South-Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan-Tenggara)^[13]	Makassar	1960–1964	South Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi
East Timor (Timor Timur)^[14]	Dili	1976–1999	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

New provinces made from currently-existing provinces

Pre-1999 Maluku (L) and Irian Jaya (now Papua, R)

New province (current name)	Year	New province (then name)	Province of origin
Aceh	1956	Aceh	North Sumatra
Central Kalimantan	1958	Central Kalimantan	South Kalimantan
Lampung	1964	Lampung	South Sumatra
Central Sulawesi	1964	Central Sulawesi	North Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi	1964	Southeast Sulawesi	South Sulawesi
Bengkulu	1967	Bengkulu	South Sumatra
West Papua	1999	West Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya
North Maluku	1999	North Maluku	Maluku
Banten	2000	Banten	West Java
Bangka Belitung Islands	2000	Bangka Belitung Islands	South Sumatra
Gorontalo	2000	Gorontalo	North Sulawesi
Riau Islands	2002	Riau Islands	Riau
West Sulawesi	2004	West Sulawesi	South Sulawesi
North Kalimantan	2012	North Kalimantan	East Kalimantan

Provinces renaming

Year	Old name (Indonesian)	Old name (English)	New name (Indonesian)	New name (English)	Current name
1959	Aceh	Aceh	Daerah Istimewa Aceh	Aceh Special Region	Aceh
1973	Irian Barat	West Irian	Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya	Papua
1990	Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta Raya	Greater Jakarta Special Capital Region	Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta	Jakarta Special Capital Region	Jakarta Special Capital Region
2001	Daerah Istimewa Aceh	Aceh Special Region	Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam	State of Aceh, the Abode of Peace	Aceh
2002	Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya	Papua	Papua	Papua
2007	Irian Jaya Barat	West Irian Jaya	Papua Barat	West Papua	West Papua
2009	Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam	State of Aceh, the Abode of Peace	Aceh	Aceh	Aceh

Notes

^ Jakarta is a provincial-level city

References

^ ISO 3166-2:ID
^ "Data Wilayah – Kementerian Dalam Negeri – Republik Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
^ Buku Induk—Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan per Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota dan Kecamatan Seluruh Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian), Kementerian Dalam Negeri [Ministry of Home Affairs], archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19
^ ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
^ Badan Pusat Statistik/Statistics Indonesia (November 2015). Hasil Survei Penduduk Antas Sensus 2015/Result of the 2015 Intercensal Population Census (PDF) (in Indonesian and English). ISBN 978-979-064-912-5. Retrieved 10 June 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ Figures adjusted to take account of the separation of Tarakan city and four regencies, as confirmed by Badan Pusat Statistik, to form the new province of North Kalimantan, listed separately in this table.
^ 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 7 February 2007. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, since the western province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also aborted 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.
^ ^a ^b "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 1950" [Government Regulation Number 21 of 1950] (PDF), hukum.unsrat.ac.id (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-11, retrieved 1 May 2020
^ "Undang-Undang Nomor 25 Tahun 1956" [Act Number 25 of 1956], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Undang-Undang Nomor 64 Tahun 1958" [Act Number 64 of 1958], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), Republic of Indonesia, retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 47 Tahun 1960" [Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 47 of 1960], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Undang-Undang Darurat Nomor 19 Tahun 1957" [Emergency Act Number 19 Year 1957], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ ^a ^b "Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 1964" [Act Number 13 of 1964]. hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 1976 [Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 1976] (PDF) (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-14, retrieved 2018-11-14

External links

Daftar 34 Provinsi Di Indonesia (in Indonesian)
Map at Indonesian Wikipedia

Template:Life in Indonesia

[7] Jakarta is a provincial-level city

[1] ISO 3166-2:ID

[2] "Data Wilayah – Kementerian Dalam Negeri – Republik Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-02-16.

[3] Buku Induk—Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan per Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota dan Kecamatan Seluruh Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian), Kementerian Dalam Negeri [Ministry of Home Affairs], archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19

[4] ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)

[5] Badan Pusat Statistik/Statistics Indonesia (November 2015). Hasil Survei Penduduk Antas Sensus 2015/Result of the 2015 Intercensal Population Census (PDF) (in Indonesian and English). ISBN 978-979-064-912-5. Retrieved 10 June 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[6] Figures adjusted to take account of the separation of Tarakan city and four regencies, as confirmed by Badan Pusat Statistik, to form the new province of North Kalimantan, listed separately in this table.

[8] 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 7 February 2007. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, since the western province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also aborted 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.

[sumatra-9] "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 1950" [Government Regulation Number 21 of 1950] (PDF), hukum.unsrat.ac.id (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-11, retrieved 1 May 2020

[10] "Undang-Undang Nomor 25 Tahun 1956" [Act Number 25 of 1956], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[11] "Undang-Undang Nomor 64 Tahun 1958" [Act Number 64 of 1958], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), Republic of Indonesia, retrieved 14 November 2018

[12] "Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 47 Tahun 1960" [Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 47 of 1960], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[13] "Undang-Undang Darurat Nomor 19 Tahun 1957" [Emergency Act Number 19 Year 1957], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[Suluttengseltra-14] "Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 1964" [Act Number 13 of 1964]. hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[15] Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 1976 [Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 1976] (PDF) (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-14, retrieved 2018-11-14

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Capital: Jakarta (current) • Nusantara (under construction)
Sumatra	Aceh Bangka Belitung Islands Bengkulu Jambi Lampung North Sumatra Riau Riau Islands South Sumatra West Sumatra
Java	Banten Central Java East Java Special Region of Jakarta West Java Special Region of Yogyakarta
Kalimantan	Central Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Kalimantan South Kalimantan West Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands	Bali East Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi	Central Sulawesi Gorontalo North Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi South Sulawesi West Sulawesi
Maluku Islands	Maluku North Maluku
Western New Guinea	Papua Central Papua Highland Papua South Papua Southwest Papua West Papua
Former provinces	Special Region of Surakarta Central Sumatra East Timor (de facto)
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