West Papua Daya Becomes Indonesia's 38th Province

The Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Puan Maharani, has passed the Bill (RUU) on the Formation of West Papua Daya Province into Law at the 10th Plenary Session of the DPR RI during the first session of the 2022-2023 legislative year.

With this ratification, West Papua Daya officially becomes Indonesia's 38th province. Previously, the DPR also ratified three new provinces in Papua: South Papua Province, Central Papua Province, and Papua Mountains Province.

"Alhamdulillah (West Papua Daya) has been ratified, following the three other Papua provinces that have already been ratified. Currently, Indonesia has 38 provinces with the addition of four Papua provinces that have been ratified," said Puan, as reported by the DPR.go.id portal on Thursday (17/11/2022).

Puan stated that all the newly ratified provinces in Papua can participate in the 2024 general election (Pemilu). She also hopes that these new provinces will receive equitable social, economic, educational, and public welfare development.

List of Indonesia's 38 Provinces as of November 2022:

Sumatra Region:

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)

Java Region:

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)

Kalimantan Region:

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)

Nusa Tenggara and Bali Region:

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

Sulawesi Region:

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)

Maluku Region:

1. North Maluku (Capital City: Ternate)
2. Maluku (Capital City: Ambon)

Papua Region:

1. West Papua (Capital City: Manokwari)
2. Papua (Capital City: Jayapura)
3. Central Papua (Capital City: Timika)
4. Papua Mountains (Capital City: Wamena)
5. South Papua (Capital City: Merauke)
6. West Papua Daya (Capital City: Sorong)