{{Short description|Third-level administrative subdivision of Indonesia}} {{Administrative divisions of Indonesia sidebar}} In [[Indonesia]], '''district''' or ambiguously '''subdistrict''', is the third-level [[Subdivisions of Indonesia|administrative subdivision]], below [[Regency (Indonesia)|regency]] or [[City status in Indonesia|city]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jurnal.kemendagri.go.id/index.php/jbp/article/view/295|title=Implementation Policy of Supervision of Employee Task Office of Cipocok Jaya Districts, Serang City, Banten Province|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia)]]|year=2017|first=Yusniah|last=Anggraini|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jurnal.kemendagri.go.id/index.php/jbp/article/view/87|title=Strategi Pembangunan Berbasis Masyarakat di Kecamatan Perbatasan Negara di Provinsi Riau|first=Gevisioner|last=Gevisioner|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia)]]|year=2013|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bekasikab.bps.go.id/statictable/2019/02/06/62/luas-wilayah-menurut-kecamatan-di-kabupaten-bekasi-2017.html|title=Luas Wilayah Menurut Kecamatan di Kabupaten Bekasi, 2017|publisher=[[Statistics Indonesia]]|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kemenkeu.go.id/en/publications/news/stunting-handling-in-indonesia-is-appreciated-by-the-world-bank-president/|title=Stunting Handling in Indonesia is Appreciated by The World Bank President|publisher=[[Ministry of Finance (Indonesia)]]|date=7 April 2018|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> The local term '''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}''' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term '''{{lang|id|distrik}}''' is used in [[Western New Guinea|provinces in Papua]]. In the [[Special Region of Yogyakarta]], the term ''kapanewon'' is used for districts within the regencies, while the term ''{{lang|id|kemantren}}'' is used for districts within [[Yogyakarta]], the province's only city.<ref name="yogya">{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/12/03/yogyakarta-to-restore-archaic-administrative-naming-convention.html|title=Yogyakarta to restore archaic administrative naming convention|work=[[The Jakarta Post]]|first=Bambang|last=Muryanto|date=3 December 2019|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> According to [[Statistics Indonesia]], there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural ''{{lang|id|desa}}'' and urban ''{{lang|id|kelurahan}}'').<ref name="bps2024"/>

During the [[Dutch East Indies]] and early republic period, the term ''district'' referred to ''kewedanan'', a subdivision of regency, while ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' was translated as ''subdistrict'' ({{langx|nl|onderdistrict}}).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fmDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA12|title=Dampak Modernisasi Terhadap Hubungan Kekerabatan di Daerah Jawa Tengah|first1=Drs|last1=Moehadi|first2=Dra Titi|last2=Pratitis|first3=Drs|last3=Mulyono|first4=Drs Supriyo|last4=Priyanto|first5=Drs Sindu|last5=Galba|date=January 1, 1988|publisher=Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan|via=Google Books}}</ref> Following the abolition of ''kewedanan'', the term ''district'' began to be associated with ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' which has since been directly administered by regency. Mainstream media such as ''[[The Jakarta Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/10/04/tangerang-districts-want-split-regency.html|title=Tangerang districts want to split from regency|author=Staff|date=4 October 2011|work=[[The Jakarta Post]]|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/27/greater-jakarta-districts-bogor-face-drought.html|title=Greater Jakarta: Districts in Bogor face drought|work=[[The Jakarta Post]]|author=Staff|date=27 June 2015|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/10/28/thousands-forced-to-live-in-tents-as-floods-hit-11-districts-in-north-sumatra.html|title=Thousands forced to live in tents as floods hit 11 districts in North Sumatra|first=Apriadi|last=Gunawan|date=28 October 2019|work=[[The Jakarta Post]]|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> ''{{lang|id|[[Kompas]]}}'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kompas.id/baca/english/2017/05/04/muddy-and-deadly-road-in-sepucuk-cengal/|title=Muddy and Deadly Road in Sepucuk-Cengal|first=Adrian|last=Fajriansyah|date=4 May 2017|work=[[Kompas]]|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://kompas.id/baca/utama/2019/08/29/hope-springs-in-sepaku/|title=Hope Springs in Sepaku|author1=Sucipto|first2=Ambrosius|last2=Harto|date=29 August 2019|work=[[Kompas]]|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kompas.id/baca/english/2017/10/25/gisting-bawah-villagers-driven-to-improve-lives|title=Gisting Bawah Villagers Driven to Improve Lives|work=[[Kompas]]|first=Vina|last=Octavia|date=25 October 2017|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|Tempo]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/688599/president-inaugurates-pertamina-us-5-8-billion-mega-project|title=President Inaugurates Pertamina US$ 5.8 Billion Mega Project|date=August 2, 2015|website=Tempo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1272040/two-active-grenades-found-in-pangkep-gas-station|title=Two Active Grenades Found in Pangkep Gas Station|first=Petir Garda|last=Bhwana|date=November 14, 2019|website=Tempo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1245035/grab-operates-in-danau-toba-supports-wonderful-indonesia|title=Grab Operates in Danau Toba, Supports Wonderful Indonesia|first=Mahinda|last=Arkyasa|date=September 7, 2019|website=Tempo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1264725/densus-88-arrest-suspected-terrorist-in-cileungsi-bogor|title=Densus 88 Arrest Suspected Terrorist in Cileungsi, Bogor|first=Mahinda|last=Arkyasa|date=October 26, 2019|website=Tempo}}</ref> use "district" to refer to ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}''; however machine translation services like [[Google Translate]] often incorrectly uses "district" to refer to regencies instead.

==Definition== [[File:Kantor Kecamatan Gabuswetan, Indramayu.jpg|thumb|District office of Gabuswetan, [[Indramayu Regency]], [[West Java]]]] District in Indonesia is the third-level [[Subdivisions of Indonesia|administrative subdivision]], below [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|regency or city]] (second-level) and [[provinces of Indonesia|province]] (first-level). According to the Act Number 23 of 2014, district is formed by the government of regency or city in order to improve the coordination of governance, public services, and empowerment of [[Villages of Indonesia|urban/rural villages]].<ref>{{cite act |type=Law |index=23 |date=2014 |legislature=People's Representative Council |title=Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 23 Tahun 2014 tentang Pemerintah Daerah |trans-title= |url=http://dpr.go.id/jdih/index/id/1605 |language=id }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729232606/http://www.dpr.go.id/jdih/index/id/1605 |date=2020-07-29 }}</ref> District head is a career bureaucrat position directly appointed by regent or mayor. The local district term ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, with ''{{lang|id|camat}}'' being the head.

During the [[Dutch East Indies]] and early republic period, the term ''district'' referred to ''kewedanan'', a subdivision of a regency. ''Kewedanan'' itself was divided into ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'', which was translated as ''subdistrict'' ({{langx|nl|onderdistrict}}).<ref name="auto"/> Following the abolition of ''kewedanan'', the term ''district'' began to be associated with ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' which has since been directly administered by regency. In [[English language|English-language]] dictionary, ''[[subdistrict]]'' means "a division or subdivision of a [[district]]", hence the translation of ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' as ''subdistrict'' is no longer precise since the absence of ''kewedanan'' as ''district''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/subdistrict|title=Definition of subdistrict &#124; Dictionary.com|website=www.dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Social Change the Colonial Situation|author=Wallerstein, Immanuel|year=1966|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-0471918974|page=276}}</ref> The 1982 publication of [[Statistics Indonesia]] translated ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' as ''district''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKfbCeMuOiAC&q=kecamatan+district|title=Jakarta Dalam Angka: Statistical Year Book of Jakarta|date=January 28, 1982|publisher=Kantor Sensus dan Statistik D.K.I. Jakarta.|via=Google Books}}</ref>

With the release of the Act Number 21 of 2001 on the Special Autonomous of Papua Province, the term ''{{lang|id|distrik}}'' was used instead of ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' in the entire [[Western New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite act |type=Law |index=21 |date=2001 |legislature=[[People's Representative Council]] |title=Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 21 Tahun 2001 tentang Otonomi Khusus Bagi Provinsi Papua |trans-title= |url=http://dpr.go.id/jdih/index/id/352 |language=id }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718220444/https://www.dpr.go.id/jdih/index/id/352 |date=2021-07-18 }}</ref> The difference between the two is merely the naming, with ''kepala distrik'' being the district head. It was later followed in 2019 by another autonomous province, the [[Special Region of Yogyakarta]], where ''{{lang|id|kecamatan}}'' was replaced with ''kapanewon'' and ''{{lang|id|kemantren}}''. [[Sultan Hamengkubuwono X]], the region's governor and the monarch of [[Yogyakarta Sultanate]], issued Gubernatorial Decree Number 25 of 2019, which restored the old naming convention for the region's subdivisions. ''Kapanewon ''(a subdivision of regency) is headed by a ''panewu'', while ''{{lang|id|kemantren}}'' (a subdivision of city), is headed by a ''mantri pamong praja''.<ref name="yogya"/>

==List of districts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right" ! Province <br>code ! Lists of Districts <br>by provinces ! Number of <br />districts<br />as of 2023<ref name="bps2024">{{Cite book |url=https://www.bps.go.id/id/publication/2024/02/28/c1bacde03256343b2bf769b0/statistik-indonesia-2024.html |title=Statistik Indonesia 2024 |page=80 |publisher=[[Statistics Indonesia]] |issn=0126-2912 |trans-title=Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia 2024 |date=28 February 2024}}</ref> |- ! align="centre"|11 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Aceh]] |290 |- ! align="centre"|12 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of North Sumatra]] |455 |- ! align="centre"|13 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Sumatra]] |179 |- ! align="centre"|14 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Riau]] |172 |- ! align="centre"|15 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Jambi]] |144 |- ! align="centre"|16 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of South Sumatra]] |241 |- ! align="centre"|17 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Bengkulu]] |129 |- ! align="centre"|18 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Lampung]] |229 |- ! align="centre"|19 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of the Bangka Belitung Islands]] |47 |- ! align="centre"|21 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of the Riau Islands]] |80 |- ! align="centre"|31 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Jakarta]] |44 |- ! align="centre"|32 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Java]] |627 |- ! align="centre"|33 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Central Java]] |576 |- ! align="centre"|34 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of the Special Region of Yogyakarta]] |78 |- ! align="centre"|35 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of East Java]] |666 |- ! align="centre"|36 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Banten]] |155 |- ! align="centre"|51 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Bali]] |57 |- ! align="centre"|52 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Nusa Tenggara]] |117 |- ! align="centre"|53 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of East Nusa Tenggara]] |315 |- ! align="centre"|61 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Kalimantan]] |174 |- ! align="centre"|62 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Central Kalimantan]] |136 |- ! align="centre"|63 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of South Kalimantan]] |156 |- ! align="centre"|64 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of East Kalimantan]] |105 |- ! align="centre"|65 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of North Kalimantan]] |55 |- ! align="centre"|71 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of North Sulawesi]] |171 |- ! align="centre"|72 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Central Sulawesi]] |176 |- ! align="centre"|73 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of South Sulawesi]] |311 |- ! align="centre"|74 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Southeast Sulawesi]] |222 |- ! align="centre"|75 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Gorontalo]] |77 |- ! align="centre"|76 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Sulawesi]] |69 |- ! align="centre"|81 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Maluku]] |118 |- ! align="centre"|82 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of North Maluku]] |118 |- ! align="centre"|91 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Papua]] |115 |- ! align="centre"|92 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of West Papua]] |86 |- ! align="centre"|93 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of South Papua]] |83 |- ! align="centre"|94 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Central Papua]] |131 |- ! align="centre"|95 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Highland Papua]] |252 |- ! align="centre"|96 !scope="row"|[[List of districts of Southwest Papua]] |132 |- ! !Total !7,288 |- |}

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