Jakarta,officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta and formerly known as Batavia until 1949,is the nation's capital city and the centre of the largest metropolis of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java,the world's most populous island,Jakarta is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia,and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. Jakarta is bordered by two provinces:West Java to the south and east;and Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north,and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west. Jakarta's metropolitan area is ASEAN's second largest economy after Singapore.
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia. It is formerly called the first-level provincial region before the Reform era. Provinces have a local government,consisting of a governor and a regional legislative body. 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. Provincial governments have the authority to regulate and manage their own government affairs,subject to the limits of the central government.
Lampung,officially the Province of Lampung,is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest,and a longer border with the province of South Sumatra to the north,as well a maritime border with the province of Banten and Jakarta to the east. It is the original home of the Lampung people,who speak their own language,and possess their own written script. Its capital is Bandar Lampung.
East Nusa Tenggara is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands,facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north. It consists of more than 500 islands,with the largest ones being Sumba,Flores,and the western part of Timor;the latter shares a land border with the separate nation of East Timor. The province is subdivided into twenty-one regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang,which is the capital and largest city.
Way Kambas National Park is a national park covering 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) in Lampung province of southern Sumatra,Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest,mostly of secondary growth as result of extensive logging in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite decreasing populations,the park still has a few critically endangered Sumatran tigers,Sumatran elephants and Sumatran rhinoceroses. It also hosts over 400 bird species.
Indonesia is divided into provinces. Provinces are made up of regencies and cities (kota). Provinces,regencies,and cities have their own local governments and parliamentary bodies.
In Indonesia,village or subdistrict is the fourth-level subdivision and the smallest administrative division of Indonesia below a district,regency/city,and province. Similar administrative divisions outside of Indonesia include barangays in the Philippines,Muban in Thailand,civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada,communes in France and Vietnam,dehestan in Iran,hromada in Ukraine,Gemeinden in Germany,comuni in Italy,or municipios in Spain. The UK equivalent are civil parishes in England and communities in Wales. There are a number of names and types for villages in Indonesia,with desa being the most frequently used for regencies,and kelurahan for cities or for those communities within regencies which have town characteristics. According to the 2019 report by the Ministry of Home Affairs,there are 8,488 urban villages and 74,953 rural villages in Indonesia. North Aceh Regency contained the highest number of rural villages (852) amongst all of the regencies of Indonesia,followed by Pidie Regency with 730 rural villages and Bireuen Regency with 609 rural villages. Prabumulih,with only 12 rural villages,contained the fewest. Counted together,the sixteen regencies of Indonesia containing the most rural villages—namely,North Aceh (852),Pidie (730),Bireuen (609),Aceh Besar (604),Tolikara (541),East Aceh (513),Yahukimo (510),Purworejo (469),Lamongan (462),South Nias (459),Kebumen (449),Garut (421),Bojonegoro (419),Bogor (416),Cirebon (412),and Pati (401)—contain one-third of all the rural villages in Indonesia. Five of these are located in Aceh,two in Highland Papua,three in Central Java,two in East Java,three in West Java,and one in North Sumatra. An average number of rural villages in the regencies and 15 cities of Indonesia is 172 villages. A village is the lowest administrative division in Indonesia,and it is the lowest of the four levels. A village is usually divided into a number of hamlets,and there are 252,315 hamlets in Indonesia.
Agum Gumelar is a politician and former general of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. He is a former minister having held several positions,a former chairman of Indonesian Football Association and National Sports Committee of Indonesia. He is an alumnus of the National Military Academy in Magelang,Central Java and Medical Faculty of Padjadjaran University in Bandung,West Java. In 1998,he received a master's degree from Indonesian Global Management Institute,a diploma mill that was banned in 2005.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Indonesia:
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Indonesia.
Zulkifli Hasan,or colloquially Zulhas,is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is currently serving as Minister of Trade since 15 June 2022. Previously,he served as deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) from 2019 until 2022. A member of the Islam-based National Mandate Party,he is also currently serving as the party's chairman since 2015. Additionally,he served as speaker of the MPR from 2014 to 2019 and was Minister of Environment and Forestry from 2009 until 2014.
East Lampung Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Lampung Province,Sumatra,Indonesia. It has an area of 5,325.03 km2 and a population of 951,639 people at the 2010 census and 1,110,340 at the 2020 census. The official estimate as at mid 2022 was 1,127,946 - comprising 572,986 males and 553,960 females. The regency seat is at the town of Sukadana.
Tanggamus Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Lampung Province,Sumatra,Indonesia. It has an area of 4,654.96 km²and had a population of 534,595 at the 2010 Census and 640,275 at the 2020 Census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 652,898. The regency seat is the town of Kota Agung Pusat. The regency was created on 21 March 1997,but districts in its eastern part were split away on 29 October 2008 to form a new Pringsewu Regency. It lies in the southwest of the province,and surrounds Semangka Bay on its west,north and east coasts.
Purbolinggo or Linggo is a kecamatan (district) of the East Lampung Regency in Lampung province,on Sumatra,in Indonesia.
Ahmad Syaikhu is an Indonesian politician who is currently President of the Prosperous Justice Party. He served as the vice mayor of Bekasi between 2013 and 2018 as the deputy of Rahmat Effendi.
Arinal Djunaidi is an Indonesian politician and former civil servant who is the current Governor of Lampung.
This page is a non-exhaustive list of notable individuals and organisations who endorsed individual candidates for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election. Politicians are noted with their party origin or political affiliation should they come from parties not part of the candidate's coalition. Celebrities are noted with their party origin should they have one.
Jihan Nurlela Chalim is an Indonesian politician who became a member of the 2019–2024 House of Representatives (DPR) for the Lampung Province since 2019.
