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Time zone name Original name UTC offset WIB offset Provinces covered Western Indonesia Time (WIB) Waktu Indonesia Barat: UTC+07:00: WIB+/-0h: Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, North Sumatra, Riau, South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Special Region of Yogyakarta, East Java, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan
Jayapura (formerly Hollandia) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua.It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of 940.0 km 2 (362.9 sq mi).
Provinces have a local government, consisting of a governor (Gubernur) and a regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Provinsi). The governor and members of local representative bodies are elected by popular vote for five-year terms, but governors can only serve for two terms.
Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province of Indonesia.It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura.Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua province, it was reduced substantially in extent from 12 November 2002, when the eastern districts were split off to form a new Keerom Regency and the western districts were split ...
Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022. [4] Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua.
On 22 July, the Highland Papua Secretariat Office was established in Wesaput District, Jayawijaya Regency, by the Tim Daerah Otonomi Baru (DOB) Provinsi Papua Pegunungan, an advocacy group for the formation of the Highland Papua autonomous region, to be the center of information for the new province. [37]
A regency (Indonesian: kabupaten [a]), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, [b] is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (kota).
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Papua Tengah) is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. [7] [8] It was formally established on 11 November 2022 from the former eight western regencies of the province of Papua.