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The province (Indonesian: provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government (Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi), headed by the governor (gubernur); and has its own legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah). The Governor and member of representatives are elected by popular vote for 5 years term.

Currently, Indonesia is divided into 33 provinces. Seven provinces were created since 2000. The last province added is West Sulawesi in September 2004.

Map and list of provinces[edit]

Here is a list of provinces of Indonesia, grouped by island(s) region (Please note: region is not a subdivision of Indonesia). Name in Indonesian language is shown on italics.

Region Province Capital City
Sumatra (Sumatera) Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Banda Aceh
North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) Medan
West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) Padang
Riau Pekanbaru
Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) Tanjung Pinang
Jambi Jambi
Bengkulu Bengkulu
South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) Palembang
Bangka-Belitung Pangkal Pinang
Lampung Bandar Lampung
Java (Jawa) Jakarta Special Capital Region* (Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) Jakarta
Banten Serang
West Java (Jawa Barat) Bandung
Central Java (Jawa Tengah) Semarang
Yogyakarta Special Region* (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta) Yogyakarta
East Java (Jawa Timur) Surabaya
Nusa Tenggara Bali Denpasar
West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat) Mataram
East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) Kupang
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo) West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) Pontianak
Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) Palangkaraya
South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) Banjarmasin
East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) Samarinda
Sulawesi (Celebes) North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) Manado
Gorontalo Gorontalo
Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) Palu
South East Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara) Kendari
South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan) Makassar (formerly: Ujung Pandang)
West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) Mamuju
Maluku Islands (Moluccas) Maluku Ambon
North Maluku (Maluku Utara) Ternate
Western New Guinea (Irian Barat) Papua* (formerly: Irian Jaya) Jayapura
West Irian Jaya** (Irian Jaya Barat) Manokwari

4 of Indonesia's 33 provinces have special status (*) : Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Yogyakarta Special Region, Papua, and Jakarta Special Capital Region.

A name change for West Irian Jaya (**) to West Papua has been approved in principle, but is awaiting final government approval and Presidential regulation to become official. [1]

Provinces are divided into regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota).

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