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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 ...
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]
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 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]
The kelurahan office of Gelora, Central Jakarta, Jakarta. Kelurahan is an urban village term primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies.It is commonly translated to English as subdistrict.
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.
[11] [10] Related titles which were also used in precolonial Indonesia are adipati ('duke') and senapati ('lord of the army' or 'general'). Regencies as we know them today were first created January 28, 1892, when the Dutch East Indies government established the Landarchief. The first landarchivasis was confirmed the next day and lasted until 1905.
The district covers an area of 10.47 km 2, and had a population of 118,473 at the 2010 Census [2] and 117,721 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 117,440. [1] Karangtengah is on the brink of a transformative journey with the announcement of the future MRT Jakarta Phase 3, connecting Cikarang to Balaraja.