Provinces of Indonesia
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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.
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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 |
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Aceh |
Banda Aceh |
Sumatra |
3,930,000 |
57,366 |
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Bali |
Denpasar |
Lesser Sunda Islands |
3,150,000 |
5,633 |
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Bangka-Belitung |
Pangkal Pinang |
Sumatra |
1,300,000 |
18,725 |
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Banten |
Serang |
Java |
9,083,114 |
9,161 |
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Bengkulu |
Bengkulu |
Sumatra |
1,564,000 |
21,168 |
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Central Java |
Semarang |
Java |
31,820,000 |
32,548 |
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Central Kalimantan |
Palangkaraya |
Kalimantan |
1,912,747 |
153,564 |
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Central Sulawesi |
Palu |
Sulawesi |
1,820,000 |
68,089 |
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East Java |
Surabaya |
Java |
34,766,000 |
47,922 |
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East Kalimantan |
Samarinda |
Kalimantan |
2,750,369 |
245,238 |
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East Nusa Tenggara |
Kupang |
Nusa Tenggara |
4,260,294 |
47,876 |
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Gorontalo |
Gorontalo |
Sulawesi |
830,200 |
12,215 |
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Jakarta |
Jakarta |
Java |
8,389,443 |
750 |
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Jambi |
Jambi |
Sumatra |
2,742,196 |
53,436 |
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Lampung |
Bandar Lampung |
Sumatra |
6,731,000 |
35,376 |
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Maluku |
Ambon |
Maluku Islands |
1,266,000 |
46,975 |
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North Maluku |
Ternate |
Maluku Islands |
890,000 |
30,895 |
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North Sulawesi |
Manado |
Sulawesi |
2,154,234 |
15,364 |
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North Sumatra |
Medan |
Sumatra |
11,642,000 |
71,680 |
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Papua |
Jayapura |
Western New Guinea |
1,994,531 |
421,981 |
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Riau |
Pekanbaru |
Sumatra |
4,948,000 |
82,232 |
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Riau Islands |
Tanjung Pinang |
Sumatra |
1,198,526 |
21,992 |
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South East Sulawesi |
Kendari |
Sulawesi |
1,771,951 |
38,140 |
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South Kalimantan |
Banjarmasin |
Kalimantan |
3,054,129 |
36,985 |
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South Sulawesi |
Makassar |
Sulawesi |
7,497,701 |
72,781 |
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South Sumatra |
Palembang |
Sumatra |
6,900,000 |
53,436 |
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West Java |
Bandung |
Java |
35,724,000 |
34,817 |
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West Kalimantan |
Pontianak |
Kalimantan |
4,073,304 |
146,807 |
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West Nusa Tenggara |
Mataram |
Nusa Tenggara |
4,015,102 |
19,709 |
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West Papua |
Manokwari |
Western New Guinea |
800,000 |
115,364 |
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West Sulawesi |
Mamuju |
Sulawesi |
938,254 |
16,796 |
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West Sumatra |
Padang |
Sumatra |
4,241,000 |
42,297 |
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Yogyakarta |
Yogyakarta |
Java |
3,121,000 |
3,186 |
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Last revised on March 19, 2010
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