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, headed by a governor, and has its own legislative body. The governor and member of local representatives are elected by popular vote for 5 years term.

Currently, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, seven of which have been created since 2000 and four provinces received special status: Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Yogyakarta Special Region, Papua, and Jakarta Special Capital Region. Provinces are further divided into regencies (Indonesian: kabupaten) and cities.

List of provinces

Province	Capital City
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam	Banda Aceh
North Sumatra	Medan
West Sumatra	Padang
Riau	Pekanbaru
Riau Islands	Tanjung Pinang
Jambi	Jambi
Bengkulu	Bengkulu
South Sumatra	Palembang
Bangka-Belitung	Pangkal Pinang
Lampung	Bandar Lampung
Jakarta Special Capital Region	Jakarta
Banten	Serang
West Java	Bandung
Central Java	Semarang
Yogyakarta Special Region	Yogyakarta
East Java	Surabaya
Bali	Denpasar
West Nusa Tenggara	Mataram
East Nusa Tenggara	Kupang
West Kalimantan (W.Borneo)	Pontianak
Central Kalimantan (C.Borneo)	Palangkaraya
South Kalimantan (S.Borneo)	Banjarmasin
East Kalimantan (E.Borneo)	Samarinda
North Sulawesi	Manado
Gorontalo	Gorontalo
Central Sulawesi	Palu
South East Sulawesi	Kendari
South Sulawesi	Makassar
West Sulawesi	Mamuju
Maluku (Moluccas)	Ambon
North Maluku (N.Moluccas)	Ternate
Papua	Jayapura
West Papua	Manokwari

Provinces of Indonesia

List of provinces

Map of provinces

See also