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Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region (provinsi daerah tingkat I) before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi).
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.
On 22 July, the Highland Papua Secretariat Office was established in Wesaput District, Jayawijaya Regency, by the Tim Daerah Otonomi Baru (DOB) Provinsi Papua Pegunungan, an advocacy group for the formation of the Highland Papua autonomous region, to be the center of information for the new province. [37]
Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces. [4] Nine provinces have special status: Jakarta Special Region: Jakarta is the largest city of Indonesia. The Governor of Jakarta has the power to appoint and dismiss mayors and regent within the region. The local government is allowed to co-operate with other cities from other countries.
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Tengah) is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. [8] [9] It was formally established on 11 November 2022 from the former eight western regencies of the province of Papua.
South Papua, officially the South Papua Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Selatan), [4] is an Indonesian province located in the southern portion of Papua, following the borders of the Papuan customary region of Anim Ha.
4 Medan: 478 3,632,000 Medan is the largest urban area outside of Java island. The urban area is known as Medan metropolitan area. 5 Semarang: 259 1,992,000 Although Semarang metropolitan area is the fourth most populous in Indonesia, it actually comprises a significant portion of rural areas. Semarang's urban population is much smaller than Medan.
This type of city and regency in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. As of January 2023 [update] , there were 514-second-level administrative divisions (416 regencies and 98 cities) in Indonesia. [ 3 ]