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
West Java Jawa Barat1.48,782,402Bandung Bandung2,444,160
East Java Jawa Timur2.40,878,789Surabaya Surabaya2,874,314
Central Java Provinsi Jawa Tengah3.36,742,501Semarang Semarang1,653,524
North Sumatra North Sumatra4.14,936,148Medan Medan2,435,252
Banten Banten5.12,061,475Serang Serang692,101
Jakarta Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta6.10,609,681Jakarta Jakarta8,540,121
South Sulawesi Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan7.9,139,531Makassar Makassar1,423,877
Lampung Provinsi Lampung8.9,081,792Bandar Lampung Bandar Lampung1,166,066
South Sumatra Sumatera Selatan9.8,467,432Palembang Palembang1,668,848
Riau Provinsi Riau10.6,493,603Pekanbaru Pekanbaru1,085,000
West Sumatra Provinsi Sumatera Barat11.5,580,232Padang Padang909,040
West Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Barat12.5,414,390Pontianak Pontianak658,685
West Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara13.5,390,000Mataram Mataram429,651
East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara14.5,387,738Kupang Kupang442,758
Aceh Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province15.5,333,733Banda Aceh Banda Aceh255,029
Bali Provinsi Bali16.4,362,700Denpasar Denpasar725,314
South Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan17.4,122,576Banjarmasin Banjarmasin657,663
East Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Timur18.3,808,235Samarinda Samarinda831,460
Jambi Provinsi Jambi19.3,585,119Jambi City Jambi City606,200
Central Sulawesi Sulawesi Tengah20.3,021,879Palu Palu373,218
Central Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah21.2,670,000Palangkaraya Palangkaraya293,500
Southeast Sulawesi Sulawesi Tenggara22.2,659,156Kendari Kendari345,107
North Sulawesi Sulawesi Utara23.2,638,631Manado Manado451,916
Riau Islands Provinsi Kepulauan Riau24.2,118,239--
Bengkulu Propinsi Bengkulu25.2,032,942Bengkulu Bengkulu373,591
Maluku Provinsi Maluku26.1,862,626Ambon Ambon347,288
Bangka-Belitung Islands Kepulauan Bangka Belitung27.1,473,165Pangkalpinang Pangkalpinang216,893
West Sulawesi Provinsi Sulawesi Barat28.1,419,229Mamuju Mamuju15,000
Central Papua Central Papua29.1,408,981Nabire Nabire43,898
Highland Papua Highland Papua30.1,408,641Wamena Wamena-
North Maluku North Maluku31.1,299,177Sofifi Sofifi36,197
Gorontalo Provinsi Gorontalo32.1,180,948Gorontalo Gorontalo198,539
Papua Provinsi Papua33.1,020,190Jayapura Jayapura404,004
North Kalimantan North Kalimantan34.713,622Tanjung Selor Tanjung Selor56,569
Southwest Papua Southwest Papua35.603,054Sorong Sorong254,294
West Papua Provinsi Papua Barat36.551,791Manokwari Manokwari107,325
South Papua South Papua37.517,623Merauke Merauke102,351
Yogyakarta Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta38.373,589Yogyakarta Yogyakarta373,589