Provinces of Indonesia

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The province (Indonesian: provinsi or propinsi) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in Indonesia. Each province has its own local government (Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi), headed by the governor (gubernur); and has its own legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah). The Governor and member of representatives are elected by popular vote for 5 years term.

Currently, Indonesia is divided into 33 provinces. Seven provinces were created since 2000. The last province added is West Sulawesi in September 2004.

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Here is a list of provinces of Indonesia, grouped by island(s) region (Please note: region is not a subdivision of Indonesia). Name in Indonesian language is shown on italics.

Region	Province	Capital City
Sumatra (Sumatera)	Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam	Banda Aceh
	North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara)	Medan
	West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat)	Padang
	Riau	Pekanbaru
	Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau)	Tanjung Pinang
	Jambi	Jambi
	Bengkulu	Bengkulu
	South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan)	Palembang
	Bangka-Belitung	Pangkal Pinang
	Lampung	Bandar Lampung
Java (Jawa)	Jakarta Special Capital Region* (Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta)	Jakarta
	Banten	Serang
	West Java (Jawa Barat)	Bandung
	Central Java (Jawa Tengah)	Semarang
	Yogyakarta Special Region* (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)	Yogyakarta
	East Java (Jawa Timur)	Surabaya
Nusa Tenggara	Bali	Denpasar
	West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat)	Mataram
	East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur)	Kupang
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo)	West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat)	Pontianak
	Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah)	Palangkaraya
	South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan)	Banjarmasin
	East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur)	Samarinda
Sulawesi (Celebes)	North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara)	Manado
	Gorontalo	Gorontalo
	Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah)	Palu
	South East Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara)	Kendari
	South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan)	Makassar (formerly: Ujung Pandang)
	West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat)	Mamuju
Maluku Islands (Moluccas)	Maluku	Ambon
	North Maluku (Maluku Utara)	Ternate
Western New Guinea (Irian Barat)	Papua* (formerly: Irian Jaya)	Jayapura
	West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat)	Manokwari