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The province (Indonesian: provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity 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 33 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]

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Provinces of Indonesia[2]
Seal Province ISO[3] Capital Population Area (km²) Density Geographical unit Cities Regencies Subdistricts Villages
Aceh ID-AC Banda Aceh 4,476,941 57,956 77 Sumatra 4 19 275 6,420
Bali ID-BA Denpasar 3,586,687 5,780 621 Nusa Tenggara 1 8 57 698
Bangka-Belitung ID-BB Pangkal Pinang 1,043,347 16,424 64 Sumatra 1 6 43 361
Banten ID-BT Serang 13,263,642 9,662 909 Java 4 4 154 1,530
Bengkulu ID-BE Bengkulu 1,665,314 19,919 84 Sumatra 1 9 116 1,442
Central Java ID-JT Semarang 35,885,955 40,800 894 Java 6 29 573 8,577
Central Kalimantan ID-KT Palangkaraya 2,138,717 153,564 14 Kalimantan 1 13 120 1,439
Central Sulawesi ID-ST Palu 2,514,912 61,841 41 Sulawesi 1 10 147 1,712
East Java ID-JI Surabaya 39,560,771 47,799 828 Java 9 29 662 8,502
East Kalimantan ID-KI Samarinda 3,210,407 204,534 16 Kalimantan 4 10 136 1,404
East Nusa Tenggara ID-NT Kupang 4,474,954 48,718 92 Nusa Tenggara 1 20 286 2,775
Gorontalo ID-GO Gorontalo 1,060,391 11,257 94 Sulawesi 1 5 65 595
Jakarta Special Capital Region ID-JK Jakarta 8,489,909 664 12,786 Java 5 1 44 267
Jambi ID-JA Jambi 2,840,295 50,058 57 Sumatra 2 9 128 1,319
Lampung ID-LA Bandar Lampung 7,821,244 34,623 226 Sumatra 2 12 206 2,358
Maluku (Moluccas) ID-MA Ambon 1,499,981 46,914 32 Maluku Islands 2 9 76 898
North Maluku (N.Moluccas) ID-MU Sofifi 996,003 31,982 31 Maluku Islands 2 7 109 1,041
North Sulawesi ID-SA Manado 2,242,366 13,851 162 Sulawesi 4 11 150 1,510
North Sumatra ID-SU Medan 13,712,660 72,981 188 Sumatra 8 25 408 5,649
Papua ID-PA Jayapura 2,515,846 319,036 8 Western New Guinea 1 28 330 3,583
Riau ID-RI Pekanbaru 4,546,267 87,023 52 Sumatra 2 10 153 1,500
Riau Islands ID-KR Tanjung Pinang 1,788,204 8,201 208 Sumatra 2 5 59 331
South East Sulawesi ID-SG Kendari 1,934,973 38,067 51 Sulawesi 2 10 199 1,843
South Kalimantan ID-KS Banjarmasin 3,624,132 38,744 96 Kalimantan 2 11 151 1,973
South Sulawesi ID-SN Makassar 7,044,034 46,717 151 Sulawesi 3 26 301 2,874
South Sumatra ID-SS Palembang 7,466,704 91,592 86 Sumatra 4 11 217 2,869
West Java ID-JB Bandung 41,609,110 35,377 1176 Java 9 17 625 5,827
West Kalimantan ID-KB Pontianak 4,447,121 147,307 30 Kalimantan 2 12 175 1,777
West Nusa Tenggara ID-NB Mataram 4,339,847 18,572 234 Nusa Tenggara 2 8 116 913
West Papua ID-PB[4] Manokwari 773,479 97,024 8 Western New Guinea 1 10 149 1,291
West Sulawesi ID-SR Mamuju 1,225,173 16,787 73 Sulawesi 0 5 66 564
West Sumatra ID-SB Padang 4,629,001 42,012 110 Sumatra 7 12 169 964
Special Region of Yogyakarta ID-YO Yogyakarta 3,566,132 3,133 1,138 Java 1 4 78 438

References

  1. ^ ISO 3166-2:ID
  2. ^ http://www.depdagri.go.id/pages/data-wilayah
  3. ^ ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
  4. ^ 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.

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