Provinces of Indonesia

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).

Background

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.

Current provinces

Indonesia has 34 provinces. Five provinces have special status:

•  Aceh, for the use of the sharia law as the regional law of the province.
•  Jakarta as the capital city.
•  Special Region of Yogyakarta, has Sultan Hamengkubuwono as hereditary governor and Paku Alam as hereditary vice-governor.
•  Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development.
•  West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development.

The provinces are officially grouped into seven geographical units.^[1]

Table of provinces

Provinces of Indonesia ^{[2] [3]}

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

Former provinces

Three-province Sumatra (1948–56)

Two-province Sulawesi (1960–64)

Coat of arms of East Timor province

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.

New provinces made from currently-existing provinces

The provinces' development in Indonesia over the years

Pre-1999 Maluku (L) and Irian Jaya (now Papua, R)

Provinces renaming

See also

• List of Indonesian provinces by Human Development Index
• List of Indonesian provinces by GRP per capita
• List of Indonesian floral emblems
• List of Indonesian animal emblems
• Armorial of Indonesia

General:

• Subdivisions of Indonesia
• List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

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