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The term kota (city) has been implemented to substitute kotamadya since the post-Suharto era in Indonesia. [10] Kota is headed by a mayor (walikota), who is directly elected via elections to serve for a five-year term, which can be renewed for one further five-year term. Each kota is divided further into districts, more commonly known as kecamatan.
The term Nusantara derives from a combined two words of Austronesian and Sanskrit origin, the word nūsa (see also nusa) meaning "island" in Old Javanese, is ultimately derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word *nusa with the same meaning, [12] and the word antara is a Javanese loanword borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā) meaning "between" or "in the middle", [13] thus ...
On 26 February 1948, the State of West Java (Negara Jawa Barat) was established and, on 24 April 1948, the state was renamed Pasundan. Pasundan became a federal state of the United States of Indonesia in 1949 but was incorporated into the Republic of Indonesia (itself also a constituent of the USI) on 11 March 1950.
Jembrana Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the southwest of Bali, Indonesia.It has an area of 841.8 km 2 and had a population of 261,638 at the 2010 Census [2] and 317,064 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 327,850. [1]
Banten consists of four regencies (kabupaten) and four autonomous cities (kota), listed below with their populations in the 2010 [7] and 2020 censuses [6] and in official mid-2023 estimates. [1] The cities and regencies are subdivided into 155 districts ( kecamatan ) as at 2023, in turn sub-divided into 314 urban villages ( kelurahan ) and ...
West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Barat – NTB) is a province of Indonesia.It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of Bali which is its own province.
The city is sometimes dubbed kota santri (city of religious learners) or "the City of a Thousand Pesantrens" for its abundance of Islamic boarding schools. [2] Located around 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast from the provincial capital of Bandung , Tasikmalaya is passed by Indonesian National Route 3 .
Tamiyang (Aceh Tamiang Regency), negara Perlak , and Padang Lawas are noted in the west, together with Samudra (Samudra Pasai) and Lamuri, Batan , Lampung, and Barus. Also listed are the states of Tanjungnegara (believed to be on Borneo): Kapuas Katingan, Sampit, Kota Lingga, Kota Waringin, Sambas, and Lawas.