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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
- 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.
- 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
- Central Java (Jawa Tengah)
- East Java (Jawa Timur)
- Jakarta**
- West Java (Jawa Barat)
- Yogyakarta*
- Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo
- Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah)
- East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur)
- South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan)
- West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat)
- Maluku
- Maluku
- North Maluku (Malaku Utara)
- Nusa Tenggara
- East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur)
- West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat)
- Sulawesi
- Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah)
- Gorontalo
- North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara)
- South East Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara)
- South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan)
- Sumatra
- Aceh*
- Bangka-Belitung
- Bengkulu
- Jambi
- Lampung
- North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara)
- Riau
- South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan)
- West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat)
