The number of provinces of Indonesia has tended to increase as new provinces have been split from existing territories. As of January 2003 there appear to be 28 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota)

• Bali
  • Bali

• New Guinea
  • Papua, renamed from Irian Jaya in December 2001. A proposal to split this into Papua Barat (West Papua), Papua Tengah (Central Papua) and Papua Timur (East Papua) appears to have not been implemented.

• Java
  • Banten
  • Jakarta**
  • Jawa Barat (West Java)
  • Jawa Tengah (Central Java)
  • Jawa Timur (East Java)
  • Yogyakarta*

• Kalimantan
  • Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan)
  • Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan)
  • Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan)
  • Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan)

• Maluku
  • Maluku
  • Maluku Utara (North Maluku)

• Nusa Tenggara
  • Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara)
  • Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa tenggara)

• Sulawesi
  • Gorontalo
  • Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi)
  • Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi)
  • Sulawesi Tenggara (South East Sulawesi)
  • Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi)

• Sumatra
  • Aceh*
  • Bangka-Belitung
  • Bengkulu
  • Jambi
  • Lampung
  • Riau
  • Riau Kepulauan (or Kepulauan Riau, Riau Archipelago or Riau Islands), appears to have been created in 2002 - [1], [1]
  • Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra)
  • Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra)
  • Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra)

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