Districts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, district is the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city.[1][2][3][4] The local term kecamatan is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term distrik is used in provinces in Papua. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the term kapanewon is used for districts within the regencies, while the term kemantren is used for districts within Yogyakarta, the province's only city.[5] According to Statistics Indonesia, there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan).[6]

During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan, a subdivision of regency, while kecamatan was translated as subdistrict (Dutch: onderdistrict).[7] Following the abolition of kewedanan, the term district began to be associated with kecamatan which has since been directly administered by regency. Mainstream media such as The Jakarta Post,[8][9][10] Kompas,[11][12][13] and Tempo[14][15][16][17] use "district" to refer to kecamatan; however machine translation services like Google Translate often incorrectly uses "district" to refer to regencies instead.

  1. ^ Anggraini, Yusniah (2017). "Implementation Policy of Supervision of Employee Task Office of Cipocok Jaya Districts, Serang City, Banten Province". Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ Gevisioner, Gevisioner (2013). "Strategi Pembangunan Berbasis Masyarakat di Kecamatan Perbatasan Negara di Provinsi Riau". Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Luas Wilayah Menurut Kecamatan di Kabupaten Bekasi, 2017". Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Stunting Handling in Indonesia is Appreciated by The World Bank President". Ministry of Finance (Indonesia). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ Muryanto, Bambang (3 December 2019). "Yogyakarta to restore archaic administrative naming convention". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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  7. ^ Moehadi, Drs; Pratitis, Dra Titi; Mulyono, Drs; Priyanto, Drs Supriyo; Galba, Drs Sindu (January 1, 1988). "Dampak Modernisasi Terhadap Hubungan Kekerabatan di Daerah Jawa Tengah". Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Staff (4 October 2011). "Tangerang districts want to split from regency". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  9. ^ Staff (27 June 2015). "Greater Jakarta: Districts in Bogor face drought". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  10. ^ Gunawan, Apriadi (28 October 2019). "Thousands forced to live in tents as floods hit 11 districts in North Sumatra". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  11. ^ Fajriansyah, Adrian (4 May 2017). "Muddy and Deadly Road in Sepucuk-Cengal". Kompas. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  12. ^ Sucipto; Harto, Ambrosius (29 August 2019). "Hope Springs in Sepaku". Kompas. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  13. ^ Octavia, Vina (25 October 2017). "Gisting Bawah Villagers Driven to Improve Lives". Kompas. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  14. ^ "President Inaugurates Pertamina US$ 5.8 Billion Mega Project". Tempo. August 2, 2015.
  15. ^ Bhwana, Petir Garda (November 14, 2019). "Two Active Grenades Found in Pangkep Gas Station". Tempo.
  16. ^ Arkyasa, Mahinda (September 7, 2019). "Grab Operates in Danau Toba, Supports Wonderful Indonesia". Tempo.
  17. ^ Arkyasa, Mahinda (October 26, 2019). "Densus 88 Arrest Suspected Terrorist in Cileungsi, Bogor". Tempo.

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