Provinces of Indonesia are the 34

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Indonesia Indonesia ( ), officially the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Republik Indonesia, links=yes ), is a country in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia or SEA, is t ...

and the highest tier of the local government (formerly called first-level region provinces or ). Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities (formerly called second-level region regencies and cities or ), which are in turn subdivided into

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(''kecamatan'').

Background

Each province has a

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, headed by a

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and a

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. 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 Aceh () is the westernmost province A province is almost always an administrative division Administrative division, administrative unitArticle 3(1). , country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, first-level subdivision ...

, for the use of

sharia Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a religious law Religious law includes ethical Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong action ...

as provincial criminal law *

Jakarta Jakarta (; ), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta), is the capital Capital most commonly refers to: * Capital letter Letter case (or just case) is the distinction between the lette ...

Jakarta

as the capital city * Papua and West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development *

Special Region of Yogyakarta en, Beautify the Beauty of the World Slogan:Tourism Slogan: ''Jogja Istimewa'' (Special Jogja) The Special Region of Yogyakarta (; id, Daerah Istimewa (D.I.) Yogyakarta) is a provincial-level autonomous region An autonomous administrative ...

, which has Sultan

Hamengkubuwono Hamengkubuwono (also spelt Hamengkubuwana and in Dutch transcription "Hamengkoeboewono") is the current ruling royal house of the Yogyakarta Sultanate The Sultanate of Yogyakarta ( jv, ꦏꦱꦸꦭ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ꦤꦤ꧀ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾ� ...

as hereditary governor and Paku Alam as hereditary vice-governor The provinces are officially grouped into seven geographical units. ''Click on a province name to go to its main article.''

Table of provinces

Former provinces

Upon the independence of Indonesia, eight provinces were established:

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat) is a province of Indonesia Provinces of Indonesia are the 34 administrative division, administrative division of Indonesia and the highest tier of the local government (formerly called first-level region provinc ...

Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province A province is almost always an administrative division Administrative division, administrative unitArticle 3(1). , country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, first-level ...

East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province A province is almost always an administrative division Administrative division, administrative unitArticle 3(1). , country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, first-level su ...

, and Maluku still exist as of today despite later divisions, while

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands The Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago. They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands The Greater Sunda Islands are four tropical islands situated within Southeast Asia S ...

Sumatra

Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It comprises 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo. In 2019, the ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is one of the four Greater Sunda Islands The Greater Sunda Islands are four tropical islands situated within Southeast Asia, in the Pacific Ocean. The islands, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra, are i ...

, and

Nusa Tenggara The Lesser Sunda Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara "southeastern archipelago" or "lesser sunda archipelago") are an archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collecti ...

were fully liquidated by dividing them into new provinces. The province of Central Sumatra existed from 1948 to 1957, while

East Timor East Timor () or Timor-Leste (; tet, Timór Lorosa'e), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ( pt, República Democrática de Timor-Leste, tet, Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste), is an island country An island country o ...

was

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as a province from 1976 until its power transfer to UNTAET in 1999 prior to its independence as a country in 2002. In addition, there is also (''Papua Tengah''), a failed province intended to be centered in

Timika Timika is a chartered city (''kota''), and the capital of Mimika Regency on the southern coast of Papua, Indonesia Indonesia ( ), officially the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Republik Indonesia, links=yes ), is a country in Southeast Asia ...

forming from the Papua's territories, in 2001.

New provinces made from currently-existing provinces

Renamed provinces

Notes

References

External links

Daftar 34 Provinsi Di Indonesia
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Subdivisions of Indonesia