Regions in Indonesia

Indonesia is made up of 38 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Indonesia. Information on all primary administrative regions in Indonesia.

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Primary administrative regions in Indonesia

There are 38 regions in Indonesia in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Indonesia
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Riau Islands Provinsi Kepulauan Riau1.2,118,239--
Maluku Provinsi Maluku2.1,862,626Ambon Ambon347,288
Aceh Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province3.5,333,733Banda Aceh Banda Aceh255,029
Lampung Provinsi Lampung4.9,081,792Bandar Lampung Bandar Lampung1,166,066
West Java Jawa Barat5.48,782,402Bandung Bandung2,444,160
South Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan6.4,122,576Banjarmasin Banjarmasin657,663
Bengkulu Propinsi Bengkulu7.2,032,942Bengkulu Bengkulu373,591
Bali Provinsi Bali8.4,362,700Denpasar Denpasar725,314
Gorontalo Provinsi Gorontalo9.1,180,948Gorontalo Gorontalo198,539
Jakarta Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta10.10,609,681Jakarta Jakarta8,540,121
Jambi Provinsi Jambi11.3,585,119Jambi City Jambi City606,200
Papua Provinsi Papua12.1,020,190Jayapura Jayapura404,004
Southeast Sulawesi Sulawesi Tenggara13.2,659,156Kendari Kendari345,107
East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara14.5,387,738Kupang Kupang442,758
South Sulawesi Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan15.9,139,531Makassar Makassar1,423,877
West Sulawesi Provinsi Sulawesi Barat16.1,419,229Mamuju Mamuju15,000
North Sulawesi Sulawesi Utara17.2,638,631Manado Manado451,916
West Papua Provinsi Papua Barat18.551,791Manokwari Manokwari107,325
West Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara19.5,390,000Mataram Mataram429,651
North Sumatra North Sumatra20.14,936,148Medan Medan2,435,252
South Papua South Papua21.517,623Merauke Merauke102,351
Central Papua Central Papua22.1,408,981Nabire Nabire43,898
West Sumatra Provinsi Sumatera Barat23.5,580,232Padang Padang909,040
Central Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah24.2,670,000Palangkaraya Palangkaraya293,500
South Sumatra Sumatera Selatan25.8,467,432Palembang Palembang1,668,848
Central Sulawesi Sulawesi Tengah26.3,021,879Palu Palu373,218
Bangka-Belitung Islands Kepulauan Bangka Belitung27.1,473,165Pangkalpinang Pangkalpinang216,893
Riau Provinsi Riau28.6,493,603Pekanbaru Pekanbaru1,085,000
West Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Barat29.5,414,390Pontianak Pontianak658,685
East Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Timur30.3,808,235Samarinda Samarinda831,460
Central Java Provinsi Jawa Tengah31.36,742,501Semarang Semarang1,653,524
Banten Banten32.12,061,475Serang Serang692,101
North Maluku North Maluku33.1,299,177Sofifi Sofifi36,197
Southwest Papua Southwest Papua34.603,054Sorong Sorong254,294
East Java Jawa Timur35.40,878,789Surabaya Surabaya2,874,314
North Kalimantan North Kalimantan36.713,622Tanjung Selor Tanjung Selor56,569
Highland Papua Highland Papua37.1,408,641Wamena Wamena-
Yogyakarta Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta38.373,589Yogyakarta Yogyakarta373,589