The division of regions in Indonesia

Before you go any further, here I give information about the division of regions in Indonesia

Indonesia is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia which has 17,504 islands large and small, around 6,000 of them uninhabited, which spread around the equator, which gives a tropical weather. The position of Indonesia is located at coordinates 6 ° N - 11 ° 08'LS and from 95 ° 'W - 141 ° 45'BT and is located between two continents, Asia and Australia / Oceania.

Indonesia's territory extends along 3.977 mile between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Indonesia's land area is 1,922,570 km ² and the area of ​​waters 3,257,483 km ². The island is densely populated Java island, where half the population of Indonesia live. Indonesia consists of 5 major islands, namely: Java with an area of ​​132,107 km ², Sumatra, with an area of ​​473,606 km ², Borneo with an area of ​​539,460 sq km, Sulawesi, with an area of ​​189,216 sq km, and Papua with an area of ​​421,981 km ². Indonesia boundaries are measured from the islands by using the territorial sea: 12 nautical miles and an exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles, the direction of the wind directions

Indonesia currently consists of 33 provinces, five of which have different status. Provinces are divided into 399 districts and 98 cities divided into districts and again into villages, villages, village, village, villages, pekon, or other terms that were accommodated by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 32 Year 2004 on Regional Government. Each province has a local parliament and provincial governors, while the district has a district legislature and the regents, then the town has a local parliament and mayor of the City, all directly elected by the people through elections and local elections. However there is no parliament in Jakarta District or the City, because the County Administration and the City Administration in Jakarta is not an autonomous region.

Province of Aceh, Yogyakarta, West Papua, and Papua has the privilege of the legislature a greater and higher levels of autonomy than other provinces. For example, Aceh has the right to form its own legal system; in 2003, Aceh began to establish Sharia law. obtain the status of Yogyakarta Special Region in recognition of the important role in supporting Indonesia's Yogyakarta during the Revolution. province of Papua, formerly called Irian Jaya, special autonomy status granted in 2001. DKI Jakarta, the capital of the state is a special area. Portuguese Timor was incorporated into Indonesia and became the province of East Timor in 1979-1999, which then through a referendum to the State of Timor Leste.

And the following is a list of provinces in Indonesia and its capital city

Sumatra Island

Aceh - Banda Aceh

North Sumatera - Medan

West Sumatra - Padang

Riau - Pekanbaru

Kepulauan Riau - Tanjung Pinang

Jambi - Jambi

South Sumatera - Palembang

Bangka Belitung Islands - Louth

Bengkulu - Bengkulu

Lampung - Bandar Lampung

Java Island

Special Capital Region of Jakarta

Banten - Serang

West Java - Bandung

Central Java - Semarang

Special Region of Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta

East Java - Surabaya

Lesser Sunda Islands

Bali - Denpasar

West Nusa Tenggara - Mataram

East Nusa Tenggara - Kupang

Kalimantan Island

Kalimantan Barat - Pontianak

Central Kalimantan - Palangkaraya

South Kalimantan - Banjarmasin

East Kalimantan - Samarinda

Sulawesi Island

North Sulawesi - Manado

Gorontalo - Gorontalo

Central Sulawesi - Palu

West Sulawesi - Mamuju

South Sulawesi - Makassar

South East Sulawesi - Kendall

Maluku Islands

Maluku - Ambon

North Maluku - Sofifi

Papua

West Papua - Manokwari

Papua - Jayapura

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