Provinces of Indonesia

The province (Indonesian: provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government country subdivision in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body. The governor and member of local representatives are elected by popular vote for five-year terms. With East Timor gaining its independence, Indonesia currently has 34 provinces, seven of which have been created since 1999 (North Maluku, West Papua, Banten, Bangka-Belitung Islands, Gorontalo, Riau Islands and West Sulawesi) and five provinces received special status: Aceh, for the use of the Sharia Law as the regional law of the province; Yogyakarta Special Region, for being governed in an ancient monarchy system; Papua, for implementation of sustainable development; West Papua, for granting implementation of sustainable development; and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies (Indonesian: kabupaten) and cities.

The provinces are officially grouped into seven geographical units.

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 East
Kalimantan South
Kalimantan North
Sulawesi North
Maluku Central
Sulawesi Gorontalo West
Sulawesi South
Sulawesi Southeast
Sulawesi Maluku West
Papua Papua
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Provinces of Indonesia
Seal Province ISO Capital Population Area (km²) Density Geographical unit Cities Regencies Subdistricts Villages
Special Region of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam ID-AC Banda Aceh 4,494,410 57,956 77 Sumatra 4 19 275 6,420
Bali ID-BA Denpasar 3,890,757 5,780 621 Lesser Sunda Islands 1 8 57 698
Bangka-Belitung ID-BB Pangkal Pinang 1,223,296 16,424 64 Sumatra 1 6 43 361
Banten ID-BT Serang 10,632,166 9,662 909 Java 4 4 154 1,530
Bengkulu ID-BE Bengkulu 1,715,518 19,919 84 Sumatra 1 9 116 1,442
Central Java ID-JT Semarang 32,382,657 40,800 894 Java 6 29 573 8,577
Central Kalimantan ID-KT Palangkaraya 2,212,089 153,564 14 Kalimantan 1 13 120 1,439
Central Sulawesi ID-ST Palu 2,635,009 61,841 41 Sulawesi 1 10 147 1,712
East Java ID-JI Surabaya 37,476,757 47,799 828 Java 9 29 662 8,502
East Kalimantan ID-KI Samarinda 3,553,143 204,534 16 Kalimantan 4 10 136 1,404
East Nusa Tenggara ID-NT Kupang 4,683,827 48,718 92 Lesser Sunda Islands 1 20 286 2,775
Gorontalo ID-GO Gorontalo 1,040,164 11,257 94 Sulawesi 1 5 65 595
Jakarta Special Capital Region ID-JK Jakarta 9,607,787 664 12,786 Java 5 1 44 267
Jambi ID-JA Jambi 3,092,265 50,058 57 Sumatra 2 9 128 1,319
Lampung ID-LA Bandar Lampung 7,608,405 34,623 226 Sumatra 2 12 206 2,358
Maluku (Moluccas) ID-MA Ambon 1,533,506 46,914 32 Maluku Islands 2 9 76 898
North Maluku (N.Moluccas) ID-MU Sofifi 1,038,087 31,982 31 Maluku Islands 2 7 109 1,041
North Sulawesi ID-SA Manado 2,270,596 13,851 162 Sulawesi 4 11 150 1,510
North Sumatra ID-SU Medan 12,982,204 72,981 188 Sumatra 8 25 408 5,649
Special Region of Papua ID-PA Jayapura 2,833,381 319,036 8 Western New Guinea 1 28 330 3,583
Riau ID-RI Pekanbaru 5,538,367 87,023 52 Sumatra 2 10 153 1,500
Riau Islands ID-KR Tanjung Pinang 1,679,163 8,201 208 Sumatra 2 5 59 331
South East Sulawesi ID-SG Kendari 2,232,586 38,067 51 Sulawesi 2 10 199 1,843
South Kalimantan ID-KS Banjarmasin 3,626,616 38,744 96 Kalimantan 2 11 151 1,973
South Sulawesi ID-SN Makassar 8,034,776 46,717 151 Sulawesi 3 26 301 2,874
South Sumatra ID-SS Palembang 7,450,394 91,592 86 Sumatra 4 11 217 2,869
West Java ID-JB Bandung 43,053,732 35,377 1176 Java 9 17 625 5,827
West Kalimantan ID-KB Pontianak 4,395,983 147,307 30 Kalimantan 2 12 175 1,777
West Nusa Tenggara ID-NB Mataram 4,500,212 18,572 234 Lesser Sunda Islands 2 8 116 913
Special Region of West Papua ID-PB Manokwari 760,422 97,024 8 Western New Guinea 1 10 149 1,291
West Sulawesi ID-SR Mamuju 1,158,651 16,787 73 Sulawesi 0 5 66 564
West Sumatra ID-SB Padang 4,846,909 42,012 110 Sumatra 7 12 169 964
Special Region of Yogyakarta ID-YO Yogyakarta 3,457,491 3,133 1,138 Java 1 4 78 438