Provinces of Indonesia
The number of
provinces of Indonesia has tended to increase as new provinces have been split from existing territories. As of January
2003 there appear to be 28 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota)
- Bali
- New Guinea
- Papua, renamed from Irian Jaya in December 2001. A proposal to split this into Papua Barat (West Papua), Papua Tengah (Central Papua) and Papua Timur (East Papua) appears to have not been implemented.
- Java
- Kalimantan
- Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan)
- Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)
- Maluku
- Maluku
- Maluku Utara (North Maluku)
- Nusa Tenggara
- Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara)
- Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa tenggara)
- Sulawesi
- Gorontalo
- Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Tenggara (South East Sulawesi)
- Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi)
- Sumatra
- Aceh*
- Bangka-Belitung
- Bengkulu
- Jambi
- Lampung
- Riau
- Riau Kepulauan (or Kepulauan Riau, Riau Archipelago or Riau Islands), appears to have been created in 2002 - [1], [1]
- Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra)
- Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra)
- Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra)
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