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The followings are the contiguous urban areas in Indonesia, with a population of over one million, according to Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study. Demographia defines an urban area (urbanised area agglomeration or urban centre) as a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor market ( metropolitan area ...
Indonesia, [a] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [b] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Indonesia consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and various parts of Borneo and New Guinea .
The terms kota besar (big city), and kota kecil (small city or town), were used since the implementation of the Act Number 22 of 1948. Kota Besar was an urban equivalent of kabupaten (), which was the country's second level subdivision, just below province.
Governors and representative members are elected by popular vote for five-year terms. Provinces were formerly also known as Daerah Tingkat I (Level I Regions). Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces. [4] Nine provinces have special status: Jakarta Special Region: Jakarta is the largest city of Indonesia.
Jayapura is the home of the Persipura, a professional football club that has produced many famous Papuan-Indonesian footballers [21] and have won the Liga Indonesia/Indonesia Super League four times in the 2005, 2008–09, 2010–11 and the 2012–13 seasons.
Nusantara (Indonesian pronunciation: [nusanˈtara] ⓘ), officially Nusantara Capital City [1] (Indonesian: Ibu Kota Nusantara, abbreviated IKN), is the future capital city of Indonesia, [2] located between Kutai Kartanegara Regency and Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.
Depati Amir Airport is the airport serving Bangka Belitung, with daily flights to Jakarta, Palembang, Tanjungpandan, Surabaya and Batam by Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Lion Air and Sriwijaya Air. A new terminal began operation on 11 January 2017, with an annual capacity of 1,500,000 passengers and an area of 12,000 square metres (3.0 acres).
District in Indonesia is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city (second-level) and province (first-level). According to the Act Number 23 of 2014, district is formed by the government of regency or city in order to improve the coordination of governance, public services, and empowerment of urban/rural villages . [ 18 ]