Provinces of Indonesia

Provinces of Indonesia
Provinces of Indonesia
Category	Province
Location	Indonesia
Number	34 provinces
Populations	Smallest: 622,350 (North Kalimantan); Largest: 43,053,732 (West Java)
Areas	Smallest: 664 km2 (256 sq mi) (Jakarta); Largest: 319,036 km2 (123,180 sq mi) (Papua)
Government	Governor;
Subdivisions	Regencies and cities;

Provinces of Indonesia are the 34 largest subdivisions of the nation of 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 sharia as provincial criminal law
Jakarta as the capital city
Special Region of Yogyakarta, which has Sultan Hamengkubuwono as hereditary governor and Paku Alam as hereditary vice-governor
Papua and West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development

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

Aceh

North
Sumatra

West
Sumatra

Riau

Riau
Islands

Bangka
Belitung

Jambi

South
Sumatra

Bengkulu

Lampung

Banten

Jakarta
↓

West
Java

Central
Java

↑
Yogyakarta

East
Java

Bali

West
Nusa
Tenggara

East Nusa
Tenggara

West
Kalimantan

Central
Kalimantan

North
Kalimantan

East
Kalimantan

South
Kalimantan

North
Sulawesi

North
Maluku

Central
Sulawesi

Gorontalo
↓

West
Sulawesi

South
Sulawesi

Southeast
Sulawesi

Maluku

West
Papua

Papua

Click on a province name to go to its main article.

Table of provinces[]

Provinces of Indonesia^[2]^[3]
Province	Indonesian name	Indonesian acronym	ISO^[4]	Capital	Population (2020 Census)^[5]	Area (km²)	Population density per km² (2010)	Geographical unit	Number of cities and regencies	Number of cities	Number of regencies
Aceh اچيه دارالسلام	Aceh	Aceh	ID-AC	Banda Aceh	5,274,871	57,956	77	Sumatra	23	5	18
Bali	Bali	Bali	ID-BA	Denpasar	4,317,404	5,780	621	Lesser Sunda Islands	9	1	8
Bangka Belitung Islands	Kepulauan Bangka Belitung	Babel	ID-BB	Pangkal Pinang	1,455,678	16,424	64	Sumatra	7	1	6
Banten	Banten	Banten	ID-BT	Serang	11,904,562	9,662	909	Java	8	4	4
Bengkulu	Bengkulu	Bengkulu	ID-BE	Bengkulu	2,010,670	19,919	84	Sumatra	10	1	9
Central Java	Jawa Tengah	Jateng	ID-JT	Semarang	36,516,035	40,800	894	Java	35	6	29
Central Kalimantan	Kalimantan Tengah	Kalteng	ID-KT	Palangka Raya	2,669,969	153,564	14	Kalimantan	14	1	13
Central Sulawesi	Sulawesi Tengah	Sulteng	ID-ST	Palu	2,985,734	61,841	41	Sulawesi	13	1	12
East Java	Jawa Timur	Jatim	ID-JI	Surabaya	40,665,696	47,799	828	Java	38	9	29
East Kalimantan^[6]	Kalimantan Timur	Kaltim	ID-KI	Samarinda	3,766,039	127,267	22	Kalimantan	10	3	7
East Nusa Tenggara	Nusa Tenggara Timur	NTT	ID-NT	Kupang	5,325,566	48,718	92	Lesser Sunda Islands	22	1	21
Gorontalo	Gorontalo	Gorontalo	ID-GO	Gorontalo	1,171,681	11,257	94	Sulawesi	6	1	5
Special Capital Region of Jakarta	Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta	DKI	ID-JK	Jakarta^[a]	10,562,088	664	12,786	Java	6	5	1
Jambi جمبي	Jambi	Jambi	ID-JA	Jambi	3,548,228	50,058	57	Sumatra	11	2	9
Lampung	Lampung	Lampung	ID-LA	Bandar Lampung	9,007,848	34,623	226	Sumatra	15	2	13
Maluku	Maluku	Maluku	ID-MA	Ambon	1,848,923	46,914	32	Maluku Islands	11	2	9
North Kalimantan	Kalimantan Utara	Kaltara	ID-KU	Tanjung Selor (largest city: Tarakan)	701,814	72,275	10	Kalimantan	5	1	4
North Maluku	Maluku Utara	Malut	ID-MU	Sofifi (largest city: Ternate)	1,282,937	31,982	31	Maluku Islands	10	2	8
North Sulawesi	Sulawesi Utara	Sulut	ID-SA	Manado	2,621,923	13,851	162	Sulawesi	15	4	11
North Sumatra	Sumatra Utara	Sumut	ID-SU	Medan	14,799,361	72,981	188	Sumatra	33	8	25
Papua	Papua	Papua	ID-PA	Jayapura	4,303,707	319,036	8	Western New Guinea	29	1	28
Riau رياو	Riau	Riau	ID-RI	Pekanbaru	6,394,087	87,023	52	Sumatra	12	2	10
Riau Islands كڤولاوان رياو	Kepulauan Riau	Kepri	ID-KR	Tanjung Pinang (largest city: Batam)	2,064,564	8,201	208	Sumatra	7	2	5
Southeast Sulawesi	Sulawesi Tenggara	Sultra	ID-SG	Kendari	2,624,875	38,067	51	Sulawesi	17	2	15
South Kalimantan	Kalimantan Selatan	Kalsel	ID-KS	Banjarmasin	4,073,584	38,744	96	Kalimantan	13	2	11
South Sulawesi	Sulawesi Selatan	Sulsel	ID-SN	Makassar	9,073,509	46,717	151	Sulawesi	24	3	21
South Sumatra	Sumatra Selatan	Sumsel	ID-SS	Palembang	8,467,432	91,592	86	Sumatra	17	4	13
West Java	Jawa Barat	Jabar	ID-JB	Bandung	48,274,162	35,377	1,176	Java	27	9	18
West Kalimantan	Kalimantan Barat	Kalbar	ID-KB	Pontianak	5,414,390	147,307	30	Kalimantan	14	2	12
West Nusa Tenggara	Nusa Tenggara Barat	NTB	ID-NB	Mataram	5,320,092	18,572	234	Lesser Sunda Islands	10	2	8
West Papua	Papua Barat	Pabar	ID-PB^[7]	Manokwari (largest city: Sorong)	1,134,068	97,024	8	Western New Guinea	13	1	12
West Sulawesi	Sulawesi Barat	Sulbar	ID-SR	Mamuju	1,419,229	16,787	73	Sulawesi	6	0	6
West Sumatra	Sumatra Barat	Sumbar	ID-SB	Padang	5,534,472	42,012	110	Sumatra	19	7	12
Special Region of Yogyakarta	Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta	DIY	ID-YO	Yogyakarta	3,668,719	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 Nusa Tenggara were fully liquidated by dividing them into new provinces. 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.

Province	Capital	Period	Successor(s)
Sumatra^[8]	Bukittinggi / Medan	1945–1948	Central Sumatra North Sumatra South Sumatra
Kalimantan^[9]	Banjarmasin	1945–1956	East Kalimantan South Kalimantan West Kalimantan
Nusa Tenggara (formerly Lesser Sunda (Sunda Kecil))^[10]	Singaraja	1945–1958	Bali East Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi^[11]	Makassar / Manado	1945–1960	North-Central Sulawesi South-Southeast Sulawesi
Central Sumatra (Sumatra Tengah)^[8]^[12]	Bukittinggi	1948–1957	Jambi Riau West Sumatra
North-Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara-Tengah)^[13]	Manado	1960–1964	North Sulawesi Central Sulawesi
South-Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan-Tenggara)^[13]	Makassar	1960–1964	South Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi
East Timor (Timor Timur)^[14]	Dili	1976–1999	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

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)

New province (current name)	Year	New province (then name)	Province of origin
Aceh	1956	Aceh	North Sumatra
Central Kalimantan	1958	Central Kalimantan	South Kalimantan
Lampung	1964	Lampung	South Sumatra
Central Sulawesi	1964	Central Sulawesi	North Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi	1964	Southeast Sulawesi	South Sulawesi
Bengkulu	1967	Bengkulu	South Sumatra
West Papua	1999	West Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya
North Maluku	1999	North Maluku	Maluku
Banten	2000	Banten	West Java
Bangka Belitung Islands	2000	Bangka Belitung Islands	South Sumatra
Gorontalo	2000	Gorontalo	North Sulawesi
Riau Islands	2002	Riau Islands	Riau
West Sulawesi	2004	West Sulawesi	South Sulawesi
North Kalimantan	2012	North Kalimantan	East Kalimantan

Renamed provinces[]

Year	Old name (Indonesian)	Old name (English)	New name (Indonesian)	New name (English)	Current name
1959	Aceh	Aceh	Daerah Istimewa Aceh	Aceh Special Region	Aceh
1973	Irian Barat	West Irian	Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya	Papua
1990	Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta Raya	Greater Jakarta Special Capital Region	Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta	Jakarta Special Capital Region	Jakarta Special Capital Region
2001	Daerah Istimewa Aceh	Aceh Special Region	Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam	State of Aceh, the Abode of Peace	Aceh
2002	Irian Jaya	Irian Jaya	Papua	Papua	Papua
2007	Irian Jaya Barat	West Irian Jaya	Papua Barat	West Papua	West Papua
2009	Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam	State of Aceh, the Abode of Peace	Aceh	Aceh	Aceh

Notes[]

^ Jakarta is a provincial-level city

References[]

^ ISO 3166-2:ID
^ "Data Wilayah – Kementerian Dalam Negeri – Republik Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
^ Buku Induk—Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan per Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota dan Kecamatan Seluruh Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian), Kementerian Dalam Negeri [Ministry of Home Affairs], archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19
^ ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
^ Badan Pusat Statistik/Statistics Indonesia, Jakarta, 2021.
^ Figures adjusted to take account of the separation of Tarakan city and four regencies, as confirmed by Badan Pusat Statistik, to form the new province of North Kalimantan, listed separately in this table.
^ 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 7 February 2007. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, since the western province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also aborted 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. Note: ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-1 (corrected 2010-02-19) page 18-19 confirms this as ID-PB. See http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-1_corrected_2010-02-19.pdf . The code ID-IJ now refers to the larger geographical region including Papua and West Papua.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 1950" [Government Regulation Number 21 of 1950] (PDF), hukum.unsrat.ac.id (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-11, retrieved 1 May 2020
^ "Undang-Undang Nomor 25 Tahun 1956" [Act Number 25 of 1956], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Undang-Undang Nomor 64 Tahun 1958" [Act Number 64 of 1958], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), Republic of Indonesia, retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 47 Tahun 1960" [Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 47 of 1960], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ "Undang-Undang Darurat Nomor 19 Tahun 1957" [Emergency Act Number 19 Year 1957], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 1964" [Act Number 13 of 1964]. hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 1976 [Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 1976] (PDF) (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-14, retrieved 2018-11-14

External links[]

Daftar 34 Provinsi Di Indonesia (in Indonesian)
Map at Indonesian Wikipedia

[7] Jakarta is a provincial-level city

[1] ISO 3166-2:ID

[2] "Data Wilayah – Kementerian Dalam Negeri – Republik Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2011-02-16.

[3] Buku Induk—Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan per Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota dan Kecamatan Seluruh Indonesia (PDF) (in Indonesian), Kementerian Dalam Negeri [Ministry of Home Affairs], archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19

[4] ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)

[5] Badan Pusat Statistik/Statistics Indonesia, Jakarta, 2021.

[6] Figures adjusted to take account of the separation of Tarakan city and four regencies, as confirmed by Badan Pusat Statistik, to form the new province of North Kalimantan, listed separately in this table.

[8] 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 7 February 2007. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ruled that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, since the western province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also aborted 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. Note: ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-1 (corrected 2010-02-19) page 18-19 confirms this as ID-PB. See http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-1_corrected_2010-02-19.pdf . The code ID-IJ now refers to the larger geographical region including Papua and West Papua.

[sumatra-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 1950" [Government Regulation Number 21 of 1950] (PDF), hukum.unsrat.ac.id (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-11, retrieved 1 May 2020

[10] "Undang-Undang Nomor 25 Tahun 1956" [Act Number 25 of 1956], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[11] "Undang-Undang Nomor 64 Tahun 1958" [Act Number 64 of 1958], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), Republic of Indonesia, retrieved 14 November 2018

[12] "Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 47 Tahun 1960" [Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 47 of 1960], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[13] "Undang-Undang Darurat Nomor 19 Tahun 1957" [Emergency Act Number 19 Year 1957], hukumonline.com (in Indonesian), retrieved 14 November 2018

[Suluttengseltra-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 1964" [Act Number 13 of 1964]. hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[15] Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 1976 [Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 1976] (PDF) (in Indonesian), archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-14, retrieved 2018-11-14

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