Provinces

Currently, Indonesia has 33 provinces (of those, 2 are have special status and 1 special capital region). The provinces are subdivided into regencies and cities, which are in turn split up in sub-districts.

The provinces are:

1. Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD)*
2. Bali
3. Banten
4. Bengkulu
5. Gorontalo
6. Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian Jaya)
7. Jakarta**
8. Jambi
9. Jawa Barat (West Java)
10. Jawa Tengah (Central Java)
11. Jawa Timur (East Java)
12. Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan)
13. Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan)
14. Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)
15. Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan)
16. Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung (Bangka-Belitung Islands)
17. Kepulauan Riau (Riau Islands)
18. Lampung
19. Maluku
20. Maluku Utara (North Maluku)
21. Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara)
22. Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara)
23. Papua*
24. Riau
25. Sulawesi Barat (West Sulawesi)
26. Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi)
27. Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi)
28. Sulawesi Tenggara (South East Sulawesi)
29. Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi)
30. Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra)
31. Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra)
32. Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra)
33. Yogyakarta*.

(*) The provinces which have special status.

The Special territories have more autonomy from the central government than other provinces, and so have unique legislative privileges: the Acehnese government has the right to create an independent legal system, and instituted a form of sharia (Islamic Law) in 2003; Yogyakarta remains a sultanate whose sultan (currently the widely popular Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X) is the territory's de facto governor for life. Papua (formerly called Irian Jaya) have had special status since 2001.

The special capital region is Jakarta. Though Jakarta is a single city, it is administered much as any other Indonesian province. For example, Jakarta has a governor (instead of a mayor), and is divided into several sub-regions with their own administrative systems.