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The province (provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government (Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi), headed by the governor (gubernur); and has its own legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah). The Governor and member of representatives are elected by popular vote for 5 years term.

Provinces of Indonesia
Indonesia's diversity in 33 provinces

Currently, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, seven of which have been created since 2000 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 continuous development, West Papua; for granting implementation of continuous development and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies ('kabupaten') and cities.

Provinces of Indonesia

Seal	Province	Capital	Geographical unit	Population	Area
	Aceh	Banda Aceh	Sumatra	3,930,000	57,366
	Bali	Denpasar	Lesser Sunda Islands	3,150,000	5,633
	Bangka-Belitung	Pangkal Pinang	Sumatra	1,300,000	18,725
	Banten	Serang	Java	9,083,114	9,161
	Bengkulu	Bengkulu	Sumatra	1,564,000	21,168
	Central Java	Semarang	Java	31,820,000	32,548
	Central Kalimantan	Palangkaraya	Kalimantan	1,912,747	153,564
	Central Sulawesi	Palu	Sulawesi	1,820,000	68,089
	East Java	Surabaya	Java	34,766,000	47,922
	East Kalimantan	Samarinda	Kalimantan	2,750,369	245,238
	East Nusa Tenggara	Kupang	Nusa Tenggara	4,260,294	47,876
	Gorontalo	Gorontalo	Sulawesi	830,200	12,215
	Jakarta	Jakarta	Java	8,389,443	750
	Jambi	Jambi	Sumatra	2,742,196	53,436
	Lampung	Bandar Lampung	Sumatra	6,731,000	35,376
	Maluku	Ambon	Maluku Islands	1,266,000	46,975
	North Maluku	Ternate	Maluku Islands	890,000	30,895
	North Sulawesi	Manado	Sulawesi	2,154,234	15,364
	North Sumatra	Medan	Sumatra	11,642,000	71,680
	Papua	Jayapura	Western New Guinea	1,994,531	421,981
	Riau	Pekanbaru	Sumatra	4,948,000	82,232
	Riau Islands	Tanjung Pinang	Sumatra	1,198,526	21,992
	South East Sulawesi	Kendari	Sulawesi	1,771,951	38,140
	South Kalimantan	Banjarmasin	Kalimantan	3,054,129	36,985
	South Sulawesi	Makassar	Sulawesi	7,497,701	72,781
	South Sumatra	Palembang	Sumatra	6,900,000	53,436
	West Java	Bandung	Java	35,724,000	34,817
	West Kalimantan	Pontianak	Kalimantan	4,073,304	146,807
	West Nusa Tenggara	Mataram	Nusa Tenggara	4,015,102	19,709
	West Papua	Manokwari	Western New Guinea	800,000	115,364
	West Sulawesi	Mamuju	Sulawesi	938,254	16,796
	West Sumatra	Padang	Sumatra	4,241,000	42,297
	Yogyakarta	Yogyakarta	Java	3,121,000	3,186