Villages of Indonesia explained

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, in Germany, Italian: [[comuni]] in Italy, or 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 (rural village) being the most frequently used for regencies, and kelurahan (urban village) 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.[1] 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. The average land area of villages in Indonesia is about, while its average population is about 3,723 people.

Number of rural villages in districts of Indonesia is usually varying from 40 to 50 villages. However, there are 9 districts in Indonesia with more than 60 rural villages or its variation, including:

The total number of villages in these 9 districts is 667, about 0.7% percent of 74,953 rural villages in Indonesia.

Types of villages

Kelurahan

Kelurahan is an urban village term primarily used in cities, but also tiny parts of regencies. All provinces with the exception of Aceh have kelurahan.[2] [3] 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. However, in the case of the province of Aceh, there is exactly no kelurahan and all five cities in the province are entirely rural. A lurah is a civil servant appointed by the district head. According to the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 31 of 2006, a kelurahan can be created with the following criteria:

A kelurahan must have a government office, an established transportation network, adequate communication facilities, and public facilities. If it no longer meets the above conditions it can be abolished or combined with other kelurahans based on the results of research and studies conducted by the city/regency government.[4]

Desa

Desa is a rural village terminology used in the majority of regencies in Indonesia, but also in tiny parts of cities.[3] However, several provinces have adopted their own terminology for their traditional villages (desa adat). The leader of a desa does not have a civil servant status and is chosen by the public through an election. According to the Law Number 6 of 2014, desa and desa adat are legal community units that have territorial boundaries that are authorized to regulate and administer government affairs, community interests based on community initiatives, original rights, and/or traditional rights recognized and respected in the government system of the Republic of Indonesia.[5]

Variations of desa terminology in Indonesia include:

Number of villages

ProvincesNumber of villages as of 20192023 [11]
KelurahanDesaTotaltotal
Aceh06,4976,4976,500
North Sumatra6935,4176,1106,110
West Sumatra2309281,1581,165
Riau2681,5911,8591,862
Jambi1631,3991,5621,585
South Sumatra3872,8533,2403,258
Bengkulu1721,3411,5131,513
Lampung2052,4352,6402,651
Bangka Belitung Islands82309391393
Riau Islands142275417419
Special Region of Jakarta2670267267
West Java6455,3125,9575,957
Central Java7537,8098,5628,563
Special Region of Yogyakarta46392438438
East Java7777,7248,5018,494
Banten3131,2381,5511,552
Bali80636716716
West Nusa Tenggara1421,0051,1471,166
East Nusa Tenggara3273,0263,3533,442
West Kalimantan992,0312,1302,145
Central Kalimantan1391,4321,5711,571
South Kalimantan1441,8642,0082,016
East Kalimantan1978411,0381,038
North Kalimantan35447482482
North Sulawesi3321,5071,8391,839
Central Sulawesi1751,8422,0172,017
South Sulawesi7922,2553,0473,059
Southeast Sulawesi3771,9112,2882,287
Gorontalo72657729729
West Sulawesi73575648648
Maluku351,1981,2331,235
North Maluku1181,0631,1811,185
West Papua951,7421,837824
Southwest Papua1,013
Papua1105,4115,521999
Central Papua1,208
Highland Papua2,627
South Papua690
Total8,48874,95383,44183,763

See also

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Minister of Home Affairs Regulation . 72 . 2019 . . Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 72 Tahun 2019 tentang Perubahan atas Permendagri nomor 137 Tahun 2017 tentang Kode dan Data Wilayah Administrasi Pemerintahan . id.
  2. Web site: Nama Kecamatan, Ibukota dan Jumlah Desa/Kelurahan di Kota Jambi, 2015. Statistics Indonesia. 22 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Nama Kecamatan, Ibukota dan Jumlah Desa/Kelurahan di Kabupaten Muaro Jambi, 2015. Statistics Indonesia. 22 January 2020.
  4. Minister of Home Affairs Regulation . 31 . 2006 . . Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 31 Tahun 2006 tentang Pembentukan, Penghapusan, Dan Penggabungan Kelurahan - Kemendagri . id.
  5. Law . 6 . 2014 . . Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Desa . id.
  6. Qanun . 5 . 2003 . . Qanun Provinsi Aceh Nomor 5 Tahun 2003 Tentang Pemerintahan Gampong . id. subscription.
  7. Regional Regulation . 7 . 2018 . . Peraturan Daerah Provinsi Sumatera Barat Nomor 7 Tahun 2018 Tentang Nagari . id.
  8. Web site: Mendagri Setujui Perda Desa Adat. Bali Post. 19 September 2019. 22 January 2020.
  9. Regional Regulation . 3 . 2014 . North Toraja Regency. Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten Toraja Utara Nomor 3 Tahun 2014 Tentang Pemerintahan Lembang . id.
  10. Governor Regulation . 25 . 2019 . Governor of Yogyakarta. Peraturan Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 25 Tahun 2019 Tentang Pedoman Kelembagaan Urusan Keistimewaan Pada Pemerintah Kabupaten/Kota Dan Kalurahan . id.
  11. Post Codes Indonesia 2023 - https://kodepos.nomor.net/_kodepos.php?_i=desa-kodepos&daerah=Provinsi&jobs=&urut=&asc=000101&sby=010000&no1=2&_en=ENGLISH&prov=Aceh+%28NAD%29