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