Subdivisions of Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia is divided into 31 provinces, two special regions and the capital district of Jakarta. A second administrative level form government districts and the provinces directly under its cities. This is followed by the districts and finally the villages.

Provinces, special regions and the capital district

Indonesia consists of 31 provinces ( Propinsi Propinsi - - Ez Propinsi ), the two special regions ( Daerah - Daerah Istimewa - Ez Daerah Istimewa ) Aceh and Yogyakarta as well as the Federal District ( Daerah Khusus Ibukota ) Jakarta. Head is always an elected governor. He and the Regional Parliament ( Dewan Rakyat Daerah Perwakilan ) are elected every five years.

The youngest provinces of Indonesia created by secession. They are: Papua Barat ( West Papua, 2003), Sulawesi Barat (West Celebes, 2004) and Kalimantan Utara ( North Borneo, 2012).

Aceh has a greater autonomy from the central government. Here, the Islamic law of Sharia has been introduced.

In Yogyakarta, the Office of the Governor of the respective Sultan of Yogyakarta, the Hamengkubuwono in hereditary monarchy is exercised. The partial autonomy of Yogyakarta and the arrangements for the Sultan in the Governor's office were confirmed by a national law in August 2012. Accordingly, the Sultan not belong to any political party.

The governor of the capital Jakarta district may appoint and dismiss the child mayors of the towns. Moreover, the government may not enter into direct cooperation with cities in other countries.

Administrative districts and cities

In the plane among the provinces, there are 501 administrative districts ( kabupaten ), who in 2001 considerable administrative importance, since the administrative reform. On the same outline level are the cities ( kota ).

The administrative districts is a Government President ( Bupati ) before, the cities mayor ( Walikota ). You and the local parliaments are elected every five years by the people.

Districts

Administrative districts and cities are divided into districts ( kecamatan ). Is available before the tenured district chief ( Camat ), which is subordinate to the government district, or the city. In the Indonesian provinces of New Guinea the districts by the Act 21 of 2001 as Distrik and the conductors are called Kepala Distrik.

In the period before the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia Camat was a higher official Javanese aristocratic origin. Thus, this term is similar to the title Bupati on former aristocratic nobility title back, which were adopted by the Republic of Indonesia.

Villages

The villages are the lowest level of administrative units. You can consist of both several villages as well as just from the city. The Indonesian names for this level vary depending on the status and geographical location, the designation Desa is used in aggregate statements.

So Desa in Aceh are called Gampong, in New Guinea, parts of Kalimantan and Lampung as Kampung, Pekon in Lampung and West Sumatra as Nagari.

Kelurahans are on the same administrative level as Desa, but have less autonomy from the government districts and cities to which they belong. Your head ( Lurah ) be appointed as the head of Desa ( Kepala Desa ) can be selected.

In Aceh, there is a subdivision of the district nor the Mukim. This combines several villages ( Gampong ) together.

Name

Many administrative units are named after their geographical location:

  • Barat = West
  • Barat Daya = West
  • Besar = Large
  • Kecil = Small
  • Kepulauan = Islands,
  • Loud = sea
  • Pulau = island
  • Pulau - Pulau = Island
  • Selatan = South
  • Timur = East
  • = Tengah Central
  • = Tenggara South East
  • Utara = North
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