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The province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
 ( or ) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. 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.

Currently, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, seven of which have been created since 2000 and five provinces received special status: Aceh, Yogyakarta Special Region, Papua
Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua is the largest Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands ....
, West Papua and Jakarta Special Capital Region.






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The province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
 ( or ) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. 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.

Currently, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, seven of which have been created since 2000 and five provinces received special status: Aceh, Yogyakarta Special Region, Papua
Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua is the largest Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands ....
, West Papua and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities.

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Seal Province ISO
ISO 3166-2:ID

ISO 3166-2:IDis an International Organization for Standardization standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to...
Capital Population Area (kmē) Notes Island Group
Bali
Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located at , the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 Provinces of Indonesia with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island....
 
ID-BA Denpasar
Denpasar

Denpasar is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. It is also the site of Ngurah Rai Airport, the main gateway to Bali. It has a population of 491,500 ....
 
3,150,000 5,633 Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands

The Nusa Tenggara , or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of Maritime Southeast Asia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands....
Bangka-Belitung
Bangka-Belitung

Bangka-Belitung Islands is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, which includes two main islands, Bangka Island and Belitung, and several smaller ones that lie from the east of Sumatra to the northeast of South Sumatra province....
 
ID-BB Pangkal Pinang
Pangkal Pinang

Pangkal Pinang is the largest town on the Indonesian island of Bangka and the capital of the province of Bangka-Belitung. It is located on Bangka's eastern coast at ....
 
1,300,000 18,725 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Banten
Banten

Banten is a province of Indonesia, located at the western end of Java Island. Banten has an area of 9,160.7 km? and population of 9,083,114 . Banten was established in October 2000 after being separated from West Java province....
 
ID-BT Serang
Serang

Serang is a Regencies of Indonesia of Banten province, Indonesia. The administrative center of the regency and the capital of the province is the city of Serang....
 
9,083,114 9,161 Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
Bengkulu
Bengkulu

Bengkulu is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Sumatra, and borders the provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra and Lampung....
 
ID-BE Bengkulu 1,564,000 21,168 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Central Java
Central Java

Central Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of the six provinces of the island of Java ....
 
ID-JT Semarang
Semarang

Semarang is a city on the north coast of the island of Java , Indonesia. It is the capital of the province of Central Java. It has an area of 373.67 km? and a population of approximately 1.5 million people, making it Indonesia's fifth largest city....
 
31,820,000 32,548 Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
Central Kalimantan (C.Borneo)
Central Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan is a provinces of Indonesia, one of four in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its provincial capital is Palangkaraya....
 
ID-KT Palangkaraya
Palangkaraya

Palangkaraya is the capital city of the Indonesian province Central Kalimantan, situated between the Kahayan River and the Sabangau River rivers....
 
1,912,747 153,564 Kalimantan
Kalimantan

In most languages in the world, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while for Indonesians, the name "Kalimantan" usually refers to the whole island of Borneo....
Central Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia located in the heart of Sulawesi. It was established on April 13, 1964.Central Sulawesi has an area of and is surrounded by Gorontalo in the north, South Sulawesi and South East Sulawesi in the south, Maluku in the east, and the Makassar Strait in the west....
 
ID-ST Palu
Palu

File:Beach near Palu.jpgPalu is a city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, located 1,650 km northeast of Jakarta, at . The city sits on the mouth of Palu River, at the head of a long, narrow bay....
 
1,820,000 68,089 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
East Java
East Java

East Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura Island and Bawean islands....
 
ID-JI Surabaya
Surabaya

Surabaya is Indonesia's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country, and the capital of the Provinces of Indonesia of East Java....
 
34,766,000 47,922 Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
East Kalimantan (E.Borneo)
East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan is the second largest Provinces of Indonesia, located on the Kalimantan region on the east of Borneo island. The resource-rich province has two major cities, Samarinda and Balikpapan ....
 
ID-KI Samarinda
Samarinda

Samarinda is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River....
 
2,750,369 245,238 Kalimantan
Kalimantan

In most languages in the world, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while for Indonesians, the name "Kalimantan" usually refers to the whole island of Borneo....
East Nusa Tenggara
East Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara is a provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located in the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, including West Timor. The provincial capital is Kupang, located on West Timor....
 
ID-NT Kupang
Kupang

Kupang is the provincial capital of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.The city is located in West Timor, and had a population estimated in 2005 at 269,680....
 
4,260,294 47,876 Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands

The Nusa Tenggara , or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of Maritime Southeast Asia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands....
Gorontalo
Gorontalo

The primary meaning of Gorontalo is a Gorontalo in the north of Sulawesi, Indonesia.Other geographical meanings of Gorontalo are:* Gorontalo Regency...
 
ID-GO Gorontalo
Gorontalo (city)

Gorontalo city is the capital of the Gorontalo Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesia. It has an area of 64.79 km? and population of about 140,000....
 
830,200 12,215 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
Jakarta Special Capital Region ID-JK Jakarta
Jakarta

Jakarta is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. It also has a List of urban areas by population than any other city in Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa , Jayakarta , Batavia, Dutch East Indies , and Djakarta ....
 
8,389,443 750 National capital, directly administered Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
Jambi ID-JA Jambi
Jambi (city)

Jambi is a city in Indonesia, capital of Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra. The city is a busy port on the Batang Hari River and an oil- and rubber-producing centre....
 
2,742,196 53,436 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Lampung
Lampung

Lampung is a provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It borders the provinces of Bengkulu and South Sumatra....
 
ID-LA Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung

Bandar Lampung is the capital province of Lampung, Indonesia. It was formerly called Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung, the names of the two major sections of the city, before being renamed in 1983....
 
6,731,000 35,376 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Maluku (Moluccas)
Maluku (Indonesian province)

Maluku is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands . Maluku traditionally belongs to Melanesia....
 
ID-MA Ambon
Ambon Island

Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of 775 km? , and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. The main city and seaport is Ambon, Maluku , which is also the capital of Maluku Provinces of Indonesia....
 
1,266,000 46,975 Maluku Islands and New Guinea
Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
Aceh

Aceh is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Nanggr?e Aceh Darussalam....
 
ID-AC Banda Aceh
Banda Aceh

Banda Aceh is the provincial capital and largest city of Aceh, Indonesia, located on the island of Sumatra, with an elevation of 21 m. The population was approximately 260,000 in 2006....
 
3,930,000 57,366 Special region Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
North Maluku (N.Moluccas)
North Maluku

North Maluku is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, which are split between it and the province of Maluku ....
 
ID-MU Ternate
Ternate

Ternate is an island and town in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, located off the west coast of the larger island of Halmahera, the center of the powerful former Sultanate of Ternate....
 
890,000 30,895 Maluku Islands and New Guinea
Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
North Sulawesi
North Sulawesi

North Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is on the island of Sulawesi, and borders the province of Gorontalo to the west . The islands of Sangihe Islands and Talaud Islands form the northern part of the province, which border the Philippines....
 
ID-SA Manado
Manado

Manado is the capital of the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area....
 
2,154,234 15,364 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
North Sumatra
North Sumatra

North Sumatra is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. Its capital is Medan, Indonesia....
 
ID-SU Medan
Medan

Medan is the capital of the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Located in the northern part of the province along the coast, Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia....
 
11,642,000 71,680 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Papua
Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua is the largest Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands ....
 
ID-PA Jayapura
Jayapura

Jayapura City is the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is situated on Yos Sudarso Bay . Its approximate population in 2002 was 200,000....
 
2,795,182 421,981 Special region Maluku Islands and New Guinea
New Guinea

New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the List of islands by area, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the last glacial period....
Riau
Riau (province)

Riau is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located in the center of Sumatra island along the Strait of Malacca. The provincial capital and largest city is Pekanbaru....
 
ID-RI Pekanbaru
Pekanbaru

Pekanbaru is the capital of Riau, a province in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra. It has an area of 632.26 km? and population of over 793,000....
 
4,948,000 82,232 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Riau Islands
Riau Islands (province)

Riau Islands Originally part of the Riau Province, the Riau Islands were split off as a separate Provinces of Indonesia in July 2004 with Tanjung Pinang as its Capital ....
 
ID-KR Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Pinang

Tanjung Pinang or Tanjungpinang is the capital and largest town of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia of Riau Islands. The city with 150,000 residents ) and is a trading port between islands in the Riau archipelago....
 
1,198,526 21,992 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
South East Sulawesi
South East Sulawesi

South East Sulawesi is a provinces of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. The capital of the province is Kendari, on the east coast of the peninsula....
 
ID-SG Kendari
Kendari

Kendari is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia of South East Sulawesi. The city lies along Kendari Bay. Moramo Waterfall is located 65 km east of Kendari....
 
1,771,951 38,140 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
South Kalimantan (S.Borneo)
South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo....
 
ID-KS Banjarmasin
Banjarmasin

Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located at , on a river delta island near the junction of the Barito River and Martapura River rivers....
 
3,054,129 36,985 Kalimantan
Kalimantan

In most languages in the world, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while for Indonesians, the name "Kalimantan" usually refers to the whole island of Borneo....
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi

File:South Sulawesi-Indonesia-Mountains.jpgSouth Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi island....
 
ID-SN Makassar
Makassar

Makassar, is the Provinces of Indonesia capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was formally named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably....
 
7,497,701 72,781 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
South Sumatra
South Sumatra

South Sumatra is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is on the island of Sumatra, and borders the provinces of Lampung to the south, Bengkulu to the west, and Jambi to the north....
 
ID-SS Palembang
Palembang

Palembang is a city of 1,286,000 in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is the capital of the Provinces of Indonesia of South Sumatra and its metropolitan area includes more than 1,730,000 people....
 
6,900,000 53,436 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
West Java
West Java

West Java , with population around 41.48 million , is the most populous Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on Java Island. It is slightly larger in area than densely populated Taiwan, but nearly double the population....
 
ID-JB Bandung
Bandung

Bandung Indonesian: Kota Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and Bandung Metropolitan Area, with 7.4 million in 2007....
 
35,724,000 34,817 Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....
West Kalimantan (W.Borneo)
West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo....
 
ID-KB Pontianak
Pontianak, Indonesia

Pontianak is the capital of the Indonesia province of West Kalimantan. It is a medium-size industrial city on the island of Borneo. It occupies an area of 107.82 km? in the river delta of the Kapuas River, at approximately 1143 km, the longest river in Indonesia and the List of rivers by length by length....
 
4,073,304 146,807 Kalimantan
Kalimantan

In most languages in the world, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while for Indonesians, the name "Kalimantan" usually refers to the whole island of Borneo....
West Nusa Tenggara
West Nusa Tenggara

West Nusa Tenggara is a provinces of Indonesia in south-central Indonesia. It covers the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, except for Bali....
 
ID-NB Mataram
Mataram (city)

Mataram is a city on the west side of the island of Lombok, Indonesia. It is the capital and largest city of West Nusa Tenggara province, and has a population of around 342,896 ....
 
4,015,102 19,709 Nusa Tenggara
Lesser Sunda Islands

The Nusa Tenggara , or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of Maritime Southeast Asia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands....
West Papua Manokwari
Manokwari

File:BirdsHeadPeninsula Topo.jpgManokwari is a city and regency in the Indonesian province of West Papua , at the western end of New Guinea. Since 2003 it has been the capital of the province....
 
800,000 115,364 Special region Maluku Islands and New Guinea
New Guinea

New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the List of islands by area, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the last glacial period....
West Sulawesi
West Sulawesi

West Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, created in 2004. It is on the island of Sulawesi and includes the regencies of Polewali Mandar, Mamasa, Majene, Mamuju, and Mamuju Utara, which were formerly part of South Sulawesi....
 
ID-SR Mamuju
Mamuju

Mamuju is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia of West Sulawesi. The city was formerly part of South Sulawesi province.Mamuju is a relatively quiet and small town....
 
938,254 16,796 Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
West Sumatra
West Sumatra

West Sumatra is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It lies on the west coast of the island Sumatra, and borders the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau and Jambi to the east, and Bengkulu to the southeast....
 
ID-SB Padang
Padang, Indonesia

Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at . It has an area of and a population of over 750,000 people....
 
4,241,000 42,297 Sumatra
Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
Yogyakarta Special Region ID-YO Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (city)

Yogyakarta is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is renowned as a center of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows....
 
3,121,000 3,186 Special region (sultanate) Java
Java

Java is an island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city, Jakarta. Once the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms, The spread of Islam in Indonesia , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political life of Indonesia....


See also


  • List of Indonesian floral emblems
    List of Indonesian floral emblems

    This is a list of Indonesian floral emblems, which represent the provinces of Indonesia.*Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) - Bunga Jeumpa *North Sumatra - Kenanga ...
     - for the 33 provinces
  • Subdivisions of Indonesia
  • Government Administration in Indonesia