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Balaraja is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) within Tangerang Regency in the province of Banten, on Java, Indonesia. [ 2 ] It covers a land area of 32.30 km 2 , and had a population of 111,475 at the 2010 Census [ 3 ] and 119,409 at the 2020 Census; [ 4 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 124,129 - comprising 63,238 ...
The province of Banten in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan. The districts of Banten (with the regency into which each falls) are as follows:
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
Jayanti was previously part of Balaraja district before it was split off from the western part of the district in 2000. It covers a land area of 24.88 km 2 , and had a population of 63,494 at the 2010 Census [ 2 ] and 65,545 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 70,728 - comprising 36,018 males and 34,710 females. [ 1 ]
The local district term kecamatan is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, with camat being the head. During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan, a subdivision of a regency. Kewedanan itself was divided into kecamatan, which was translated as subdistrict (Dutch: onderdistrict). [7]
Kecamatan headed by a camat. A camat is a civil servant, responsible to the regent (in a regency) or to the mayor (in a city). Kecamatan are found in most parts of Indonesia. [15] Distrik headed by a kepala distrik, are used in provinces within Western New Guinea. [12]
The term kota (city) has been implemented to substitute kotamadya since the post-Suharto era in Indonesia. [10] Kota is headed by a mayor (walikota), who is directly elected via elections to serve for a five-year term, which can be renewed for one further five-year term. Each kota is divided further into districts, more commonly known as kecamatan.
The kelurahan office of Gelora, Central Jakarta, Jakarta. Kelurahan is an urban village term primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies.All provinces with the exception of Aceh have kelurahan.