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The province of Bali in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies, which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan. The province of Bali is divided into 8 kabupaten plus 1 independent city , together divided into 57 kecamatan, in turn sub-divided into 80 urban villages and 636 rural villages . At the 2020 ...
The average area of Indonesian regencies is about 4,578.29 km 2 (1,767.69 sq mi), with an average population of 670,958 people. The English name "regency" comes from the Dutch colonial period, when regencies were ruled by bupati (or regents) and were known as regentschap in Dutch (kabupaten in Javanese and subsequently Indonesian). [3]
Most Indonesian villages use the term "desa", but other terms are used in some regions: Gampong in Aceh; Nagari in West Sumatra; Dusun in Bungo Regency ; Kampung in some places in Indonesia: Lampung (in Central Lampung, Mesuji, Tulang Bawang, Way Kanan, and West Tulangbawang regencies) East Kalimantan (in Berau and West Kutai regencies)
Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1] Following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, regencies and city municipalities became the key administrative units responsible for providing most governmental services. [ 2 ]
In the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the term kapanewon is used for districts within the regencies, while the term kemantren is used for districts within Yogyakarta, the province's only city. [5] According to Statistics Indonesia , there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages ...
Bangli Regency is the one and only landlocked regency of Bali, Indonesia. Up until 1907, Bangli was one of the nine kingdoms of Bali. [2] The capital has a famous Hindu temple, the Pura Kehen, which dates from the 11th century. Bangli also has one village which surrounds a hill, Demulih. Pura Dalem Galiran is 1.4 km north-west of Bangli. [3]
Kelurahan is an urban village term primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies. It is commonly translated to English as subdistrict. The leader of a kelurahan is called lurah. Major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya and Medan are entirely urbanised and thus no rural villages.