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The Special Capital Region of Jakarta in Indonesia is divided into 5 administrative cities and one regency, which in turn are divided into districts (Indonesian: kecamatan), and subsequently subdistricts (Indonesian: kelurahan). In total, there are 44 districts and 267 subdistricts in Jakarta, a number that has remained constant since the most ...
Batam metropolitan area or officially Batam Raya is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia. This area includes Batam city and its surrounding areas such as Tanjung Pinang city, Bintan Regency, and Karimun Regency. This region of the Riau Islands Province near the Strait of Malacca includes one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. It ...
Cities (kota) Metropolitan (metropolitan) (full list; cities by GDP; regencies by GDP; cities by population; regencies by population) Level 3; Districts (kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, or kemantren) Level 4; Rural or urban villages (desa or kelurahan) Others; Rukun warga; Rukun tetangga
Batam, officially the City of Batam (Indonesian: Kota Batam, not to be confused with Batam Kota, a district within this city), is the largest city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang and Galang (collectively called Barelang ), as well as Bulang to the west and ...
Jakarta: 3,546 34,386,000 Jakarta's built-up urban area extends beyond its official metropolitan area, including Karawang. 2 Bandung: 487 7,203,000 Bandung metropolitan area has more dense urban population than Surabaya metropolitan area. 3 Surabaya: 912 6,556,000
Districts are divided into desa (villages) or kelurahan (urban communities). Both desa and kelurahan are of a similar division level, but a desa enjoys more power in local matters than a kelurahan. An exception is Aceh, where districts are divided into mukim before being subdivided further into gampong.
According to Statistics Indonesia, there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan). [ 6 ] During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan , a subdivision of regency, while kecamatan was translated as ...
The leader of a kelurahan is called lurah. Major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan are entirely urbanised and thus no rural villages. A lurah is a civil servant appointed by the district head. According to the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 31 of 2006, a kelurahan can be created with the following criteria: