Indonesia Now Has 37 Provinces: Check Their Distribution

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has passed three new autonomy bills (RUU DOB) for Papua into law.

With this ratification, the number of provinces in Indonesia has increased from 34 to 37. These three new provinces are the result of the division of Papua Province, namely:

1. Central Papua Province (Capital City: Nabire)
2. Highland Papua Province (Capital City: Jayawijaya)
3. South Papua Province (Capital City: Merauke)

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian expressed his hope that the ratification of these three division laws will contribute to the advancement of development in Papua.

“We hope that with this division, the bureaucracy will be shorter, public services will be better, and most importantly, development will be faster,” said Tito as reported by *Katadata.co.id*, Friday (1/7/2022).

Here is a complete list of Indonesia's 37 provinces by region as of July 2022:

10 Provinces in Sumatra:

1. Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Capital City: Banda Aceh)
2. North Sumatra (Capital City: Medan)
3. South Sumatra (Capital City: Palembang)
4. West Sumatra (Capital City: Padang)
5. Bengkulu (Capital City: Bengkulu)
6. Riau (Capital City: Pekanbaru)
7. Riau Islands (Capital City: Tanjung Pinang)
8. Jambi (Capital City: Jambi)
9. Lampung (Capital City: Bandar Lampung)
10. Bangka Belitung (Capital City: Pangkal Pinang)

6 Provinces in Java:

1. Banten (Capital City: Serang)
2. Jakarta Special Capital Region (Capital City: Jakarta)
3. West Java (Capital City: Bandung)
4. Central Java (Capital City: Semarang)
5. Yogyakarta Special Region (Capital City: Yogyakarta)
6. East Java (Capital City: Surabaya)

5 Provinces in Kalimantan:

1. West Kalimantan (Capital City: Pontianak)
2. East Kalimantan (Capital City: Samarinda)
3. South Kalimantan (Capital City: Banjarmasin)
4. Central Kalimantan (Capital City: Palangkaraya)
5. North Kalimantan (Capital City: Tanjung Selor)

3 Provinces in Nusa Tenggara and Bali:

1. Bali (Capital City: Denpasar)
2. East Nusa Tenggara (Capital City: Kupang)
3. West Nusa Tenggara (Capital City: Mataram)

6 Provinces in Sulawesi:

1. Gorontalo (Capital City: Gorontalo)
2. West Sulawesi (Capital City: Mamuju)
3. Central Sulawesi (Capital City: Palu)
4. North Sulawesi (Capital City: Manado)
5. Southeast Sulawesi (Capital City: Kendari)
6. South Sulawesi (Capital City: Makassar)

7 Provinces in Maluku and Papua:

1. North Maluku (Capital City: Ternate)
2. Maluku (Capital City: Ambon)
3. West Papua (Capital City: Manokwari)
4. Papua (Capital City: Jayapura)
5. Central Papua (Capital City: Nabire)
6. Highland Papua (Capital City: Jayawijaya)
7. South Papua (Capital City: Merauke)