List of city nicknames in Indonesia

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This list of city nicknames in Indonesia compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards.

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Sumatra

Aceh

Lampung

North Sumatra

Riau

Riau Islands

South Sumatra

West Sumatra

Java

Banten

Jakarta

Central Java

East Java

West Java

Yogyakarta

Lesser Sunda Islands

Bali

West Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara

Kalimantan

East Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan

South Kalimantan

West Kalimantan

Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi

Gorontalo

North Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

Southeast Sulawesi

Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea

Maluku

North Maluku

Papua

South Papua

Southwest Papua

West Papua

See also

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