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.
Currently, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, seven of which have been created since 2000 and five provinces received special status: Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Yogyakarta Special Region, Papua, West Papua and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies (Indonesian: kabupaten) and cities.
List of provinces
Province map of Indonesia
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Provinces of Indonesia1
| Seal |
Province |
ISO2 |
Capital |
Population |
Area (km²) |
Notes |
Island Group |
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Bali |
ID-BA |
Denpasar |
3,150,000 |
5,633 |
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Nusa Tenggara |
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Bangka-Belitung |
ID-BB |
Pangkal Pinang |
1,300,000 |
18,725 |
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Sumatra |
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Banten |
ID-BT |
Serang |
9,083,114 |
9,161 |
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Java |
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Bengkulu |
ID-BE |
Bengkulu |
1,564,000 |
21,168 |
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Sumatra |
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Central Java |
ID-JT |
Semarang |
31,820,000 |
32,548 |
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Java |
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Central Kalimantan (C.Borneo) |
ID-KT |
Palangkaraya |
1,912,747 |
153,564 |
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Kalimantan |
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Central Sulawesi |
ID-ST |
Palu |
1,820,000 |
68,089 |
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Sulawesi |
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East Java |
ID-JI |
Surabaya |
34,766,000 |
47,922 |
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Java |
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East Kalimantan (E.Borneo) |
ID-KI |
Samarinda |
2,750,369 |
245,238 |
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Kalimantan |
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East Nusa Tenggara |
ID-NT |
Kupang |
4,260,294 |
47,876 |
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Nusa Tenggara |
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Gorontalo |
ID-GO |
Gorontalo |
830,200 |
12,215 |
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Sulawesi |
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Jakarta Special Capital Region |
ID-JK |
Jakarta |
8,389,443 |
750 |
National capital, directly administered |
Java |
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Jambi |
ID-JA |
Jambi |
2,742,196 |
53,436 |
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Sumatra |
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Lampung |
ID-LA |
Bandar Lampung |
6,731,000 |
35,376 |
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Sumatra |
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Maluku (Moluccas) |
ID-MA |
Ambon |
1,266,000 |
46,975 |
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Maluku Islands and New Guinea |
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Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam |
ID-AC |
Banda Aceh |
3,930,000 |
57,366 |
Special region |
Sumatra |
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North Maluku (N.Moluccas) |
ID-MU |
Ternate |
890,000 |
30,895 |
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Maluku Islands and New Guinea |
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North Sulawesi |
ID-SA |
Manado |
2,154,234 |
15,364 |
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Sulawesi |
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North Sumatra |
ID-SU |
Medan |
11,642,000 |
71,680 |
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Sumatra |
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Papua |
ID-PA |
Jayapura |
2,795,182 |
421,981 |
Special region |
Maluku Islands and New Guinea |
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Riau |
ID-RI |
Pekanbaru |
4,948,000 |
82,232 |
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Sumatra |
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Riau Islands |
ID-KR |
Tanjung Pinang |
1,198,526 |
21,992 |
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Sumatra |
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South East Sulawesi |
ID-SG |
Kendari |
1,771,951 |
38,140 |
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Sulawesi |
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South Kalimantan (S.Borneo) |
ID-KS |
Banjarmasin |
3,054,129 |
36,985 |
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Kalimantan |
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South Sulawesi |
ID-SN |
Makassar |
7,497,701 |
72,781 |
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Sulawesi |
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South Sumatra |
ID-SS |
Palembang |
6,900,000 |
53,436 |
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Sumatra |
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West Java |
ID-JB |
Bandung |
35,724,000 |
34,817 |
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Java |
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West Kalimantan (W.Borneo) |
ID-KB |
Pontianak |
4,073,304 |
146,807 |
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Kalimantan |
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West Nusa Tenggara |
ID-NB |
Mataram |
4,015,102 |
19,709 |
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Nusa Tenggara |
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West Papua |
3 |
Manokwari |
800,000 |
115,364 |
Special region |
Maluku Islands and New Guinea |
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West Sulawesi |
ID-SR |
Mamuju |
938,254 |
16,796 |
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Sulawesi |
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West Sumatra |
ID-SB |
Padang |
4,241,000 |
42,297 |
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Sumatra |
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Yogyakarta Special Region |
ID-YO |
Yogyakarta |
3,121,000 |
3,186 |
Special region (sultanate) |
Java |
References
- ^ References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.
- ^ ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
- ^ 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.
See also
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