Provinces of Indonesia

The provinces of Indonesia (provinsi) are the 34 largest subdivisions of the country 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 regions or kabupaten/kotamadya daerah tingkat II), which are in turn subdivided into districts (kecamatan).

Provinces of Indonesia
CategoryProvince
LocationIndonesia
Number34 provinces
PopulationsSmallest: 622,350 (North Kalimantan)
Largest: 43,053,732 (West Java)
AreasSmallest: 664 km2 (256 sq mi) (Jakarta)
Largest: 319,036 km2 (123,180 sq mi) (Papua)
GovernmentGovernor
SubdivisionsRegencies and cities
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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:

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

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

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)
AcehAcehID-ACBanda Aceh4,993,38557,95677Sumatra23518
BaliBaliID-BADenpasar4,148,5885,780621Lesser Sunda Islands918
Bangka Belitung IslandsBabelID-BBPangkalpinang1,370,33116,42464Sumatra716
BantenBantenID-BTSerang11,934,3739,662909Java844
BengkuluBengkuluID-BEBengkulu1,872,13619,91984Sumatra1019
Central JavaJatengID-JTSemarang33,753,02340,800894Java35629
Central KalimantanKaltengID-KTPalangka Raya2,490,178153,56414Kalimantan14113
Central SulawesiSultengID-STPalu2,872,85761,84141Sulawesi13112
East JavaJatimID-JISurabaya38,828,06147,799828Java38929
East Kalimantan[6]KaltimID-KISamarinda3,422,676139,46222Kalimantan1037
East Nusa TenggaraNTTID-NTKupang5,112,76048,71892Lesser Sunda Islands22121
GorontaloGorontaloID-GOGorontalo1,131,67011,25794Sulawesi615
Special Capital Region of JakartaDKIID-JKJakarta[lower-alpha 1]10,154,13466412,786Java651
JambiJambiID-JAJambi3,397,16450,05857Sumatra1129
LampungLampungID-LABandar Lampung8,109,60134,623226Sumatra15213
MalukuMalukuID-MAAmbon1,683,85646,91432Maluku Islands1129
North KalimantanKaltaraID-KUTanjung Selor639,63972,27510Kalimantan514
North MalukuMalutID-MUSofifi1,160,27531,98231Maluku Islands1028
North SulawesiSulutID-SAManado2,409,92113,851162Sulawesi15411
North SumatraSumutID-SUMedan13,923,26272,981188Sumatra33825
PapuaPapuaID-PAJayapura3,143,088319,0368Western New Guinea29128
RiauRiauID-RIPekanbaru6,330,94187,02352Sumatra12210
Riau IslandsKepriID-KRTanjung Pinang1,968,3138,201208Sumatra72
Southeast SulawesiSultraID-SGKendari2,495,24838,06751Sulawesi17215
South KalimantanKalselID-KSBanjarmasin3,984,31538,74496Kalimantan13211
South SulawesiSulselID-SNMakassar8,512,60846,717151Sulawesi24321
South SumatraSumselID-SSPalembang8,043,04291,59286Sumatra17413
West JavaJabarID-JBBandung46,668,21435,3771,176Java27918
West KalimantanKalbarID-KBPontianak4,783,209147,30730Kalimantan14212
West Nusa TenggaraNTBID-NBMataram4,830,11818,572234Lesser Sunda Islands1028
West PapuaPabarID-PB[7]Manokwari868,81997,0248Western New Guinea13112
West SulawesiSulbarID-SRMamuju1,279,99416,78773Sulawesi606
West SumatraSumbarID-SBPadang5,190,57742,012110Sumatra19712
Special Region of YogyakartaDIYID-YOYogyakarta3,675,7683,1331,138Java514

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.

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
(Sumatera 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
Aceh1956AcehNorth Sumatra
Central Kalimantan1958Central KalimantanSouth Kalimantan
Lampung1964LampungSouth Sumatra
Central Sulawesi1964Central SulawesiNorth Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi1964Southeast SulawesiSouth Sulawesi
Bengkulu1967BengkuluSouth Sumatra
West Papua1999West Irian JayaIrian Jaya
North Maluku1999North MalukuMaluku
Banten2000BantenWest Java
Bangka Belitung Islands2000Bangka Belitung IslandsSouth Sumatra
Gorontalo2000GorontaloNorth Sulawesi
Riau Islands2002Riau IslandsRiau
West Sulawesi2004West SulawesiSouth Sulawesi
North Kalimantan2012North KalimantanEast Kalimantan

Provinces renaming
Year Old name
(Indonesian)		 Old name
(English)		 New name
(Indonesian)		 New name
(English)		 Current name
1959AcehAcehDaerah Istimewa AcehAceh Special RegionAceh
1973Irian BaratWest IrianIrian JayaIrian JayaPapua
1990Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta RayaGreater Jakarta Special Capital RegionDaerah Khusus Ibukota JakartaJakarta Special Capital RegionJakarta Special Capital Region
2001Daerah Istimewa AcehAceh Special RegionNanggroë Aceh DarussalamState of Aceh, the Abode of PeaceAceh
2002Irian JayaIrian JayaPapuaPapuaPapua
2007Irian Jaya BaratWest Irian JayaPapua BaratWest PapuaWest Papua
2009Nanggroë Aceh DarussalamState of Aceh, the Abode of PeaceAcehAcehAceh

See also

General:

Notes
  1. Jakarta is a provincial-level city

References
  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. http://www.kemendagri.go.id/media/documents/2015/02/25/l/a/lampiran_i.pdf Archived 2016-11-19 at the Wayback Machine BUKU INDUK KODE DAN DATA WILAYAH ADMINISTRASI PEMERINTAHAN PER PROVINSI, KABUPATEN/KOTA DAN KECAMATAN SELURUH INDONESIA
  4. ISO 3166-2:ID (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of Indonesia)
  5. Statistics Indonesia (November 2015). "Result of the 2015 Intercensal Population Census" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 1950" (PDF). hukum.unsrat.ac.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-11. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. "Undang-Undang Nomor 25 Tahun 1956". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  10. "Undang-Undang Nomor 64 Tahun 1958". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Republic of Indonesia. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  11. "Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 47 Tahun 1960". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. "Undang-Undang Darurat Nomor 19 Tahun 1957". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  13. "Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 1964". hukumonline.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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