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In Indonesian, as in English, a village (desa) has rural connotations. In the context of administrative divisions, a desa can be defined as a body which has authority over the local people in accordance with acknowledged local traditions of the area. A desa is headed by a "head of village" (Indonesian: kepala desa), who is elected by popular vote.
The term was coined by the urban researcher Terry McGee of the University of British Columbia around 1990. It comes from Indonesian desa "village" and kota "city". [1]Desakota areas typically occur in Asia, especially South East Asia.
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GRP Nominal is the regional or provincial counterpart of the national gross domestic product, the most comprehensive measure of national economic activity.The Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik) derives GRP for a province as the sum of the GRP Nominal originating in all the industries in the province at current prices market.
The Palembang metropolitan area, [2] [3] [4] known locally as Patungraya Agung (an acronym of Palembang–Betung–Indaralaya–Kayu Agung), is a metropolitan area in South Sumatra, Indonesia. It encompasses Palembang as the core city and parts of the three surrounding regencies: Banyuasin Regency , Ogan Ilir Regency , and Ogan Komering Ilir ...
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia.They were formerly called first-level provincial regions (provinsi daerah tingkat I), before the Reform era.
In 1956, an emergency law gave Palembang the status of a "large city", and set the number of legislators in the regional house of representatives to 25. [5] There were 40 councillors after the 1971 election , including six representatives of the Indonesian National Armed Forces , [ 6 ] and 45 councillors after the 1977 election .