DIVISION OF PROVINCIAL AREAS IN INDONESIA

Indonesia currently consists of 33 provinces, five of which have different status. Provinces are divided into 399 districts and 98 cities divided into districts and again into villages, villages, village, village, villages, pekon, or other terms that were accommodated by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 32 Year 2004 on Regional Government.
Each province has a local parliament and provincial governors, while the district has a district legislature and the regents, then the town has a local parliament and mayor of the City, all directly elected by the people through elections and local elections. However there is no parliament in Jakarta District or the City, because the County Administration and the City Administration in Jakarta is not an autonomous region.
Province of Aceh, Yogyakarta, West Papua, and Papua has the privilege of the legislature a greater and higher levels of autonomy than other provinces. For example, Aceh has the right to form its own legal system; in 2003, Aceh began to establish Sharia law.
Obtain the status of Special Region of Yogyakarta as a recognition of the important role in supporting Indonesia's Yogyakarta during the Revolution.
Province of Papua, formerly called Irian Jaya, the special autonomy status granted in 2001. [28] DKI Jakarta, the capital of the state is a special area.
Portuguese Timor was incorporated into Indonesia and became the province of East Timor in 1979-1999, which then through a referendum to the State of Timor Leste.
Provinces in Indonesia and its capital
Sumatra
Aceh - Banda AcehNorth Sumatera - MedanWest Sumatra - PadangRiau - PekanbaruKepulauan Riau - Tanjung PinangJambi - JambiSouth Sumatera - PalembangBangka Belitung Islands - LouthBengkulu - BengkuluLampung - Bandar Lampung
Java
Special Capital Region of JakartaBanten - SerangWest Java - BandungCentral Java - SemarangSpecial Region of Yogyakarta - YogyakartaEast Java - Surabaya
Lesser Sunda Islands
Bali - DenpasarWest Nusa Tenggara - MataramEast Nusa Tenggara - KupangKalimantanKalimantan Barat - PontianakCentral Kalimantan - PalangkarayaSouth Kalimantan - BanjarmasinEast Kalimantan - Samarinda
Sulawesi
North Sulawesi - ManadoGorontalo - GorontaloCentral Sulawesi - PaluWest Sulawesi - MamujuSouth Sulawesi - MakassarSouth East Sulawesi - Kendall
Maluku IslandsMaluku - AmbonNorth Maluku - Sofifi
Western New Guinea
West Papua - ManokwariPapua - Jayapura

About Indonesia

My previous attempt to review in advance of the brief history Indonesia. Republik Indonesia or Indonesia is one of the countries in Southeast Asia, which is crossed by the equator, is between the continents of Asia and Australia as well as between the Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic country consisting of 17,508 islands, therefore he is called also as the Nusantara (Archipelago Between). Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 375 million people in 2008. Indonesia is a republic, the House of Representatives, Regional Representatives Council and the President who is directly elected. Is the country's capital Jakarta.

Indonesia is bordered by Malaysia on Borneo island, with Papua New Guinea on the island of Papua, and Timor Leste in the Timor Island. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the unity of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.

Indonesia consists of distinct ethnic, linguistic and religious differences. The Javanese are the largest ethnic group and most politically dominant. Indonesia's national motto, "Unity in Diversity" ("Different but one"), articulates the diversity that shapes the country so interwoven harmony between different ethnic or religious. Besides having a dense population and vast territory, Indonesia has a natural area that supports the level of biodiversity in the world's second largest.

Motto: Unity in Diversity
Old Javanese: "Different but One")
National ideology: Pancasila
Anthem: Indonesia Raya
Capital City: Jakarta
6 ° 10.5 'S 106 ° 49.7' E / 6175 ° S 106.8283 ° E
Indonesian official language
Government of the Republic presidential
 - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
 - Vice President Boediono
 - Assembly Speaker Taufiq Kiemas
 - Speaker of the House Marzuki Alie
 - Chairman of DPD Irman Gusman
Independence from the Netherlands
 - Proclaimed August 17, 1945
 - Recognized (as RIS), December 27, 1949
 - Back to RI August 17, 1950
Size
 - Total 1,904,569 km2 (15)
 - Water (%) 4.85%
Population
 - Estimated June 19, 2009 230 472 833 [1] (4)
 - Census 2010 237.556.363 [2]
 - Density 124/km2 (84)
Rupiah (USD) (AUD)
Time zone WIB (+7), WITA (+8), WIT (+9)

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