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administrative territorial entity of Indonesia

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-indonesia · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the administrative hierarchy of Indonesia and its levels and terms, identify units with official codes and names, describe historical changes and former units, and support geographic, statistical and governance questions.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the administrative hierarchy of Indonesia and its levels and terms, identify units with official codes and names, describe historical changes and former units, and support geographic, statistical and governance questions.

A unit of territorial administration in Indonesia at any level, including provinces, regencies and cities at the second level, districts, villages and sub-village units, together with former units such as kota besar, kota kecil and kotamadya and traditional units such as mukim; the Indonesian system has been reorganised many times, including the decentralisation reforms since 1999 and the creation of new provinces, and codes and names are maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the statistics agency.

What it is for: Administrative units of Indonesia.

It can be explain the hierarchy; identify units; describe historical changes; support geographic questions.

Distinguishing features

Multi-level hierarchy

Decentralisation

Official codes

Frequent reorganisation

What it looks like

Not physical; administrative areas on maps.

How it is recognised

Indonesian province, regency, city, district or village

Current and former units

Other countries have their own hierarchies

Related models

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity of a single country

is related to - regional sport organised by Indonesian units

sport in Asia

is related to - a comparable unit in other countries

raion

is related to - a comparable unit in other countries

oblast

In practice

Families and kinds

provinces

regencies and cities

districts

villages and urban villages

former and traditional units such as kotamadya and mukim

Standards and regulation

Indonesian laws on regional government

Ministry of Home Affairs codes

Statistical area codes

Failure modes and hazards

Outdated unit lists after reorganisation

Confusing regencies and cities

Politicised presentation of special regions

Also called

former administrative territorial entity of IndonesiaKota BesarKota KecilKotamadyasecond-level administrative country subdivision in Indonesiamukim of Indonesiafirst-level administrative country subdivision in Indonesiakemantrenkapanewonthird-level administrative country subdivision in Indonesiafourth-level administrative division in Indonesiaspecial region of Indonesianagori of Simalungun Regencykampung of Lampung Provincelembang of Torajaohoi of Malukukute of Aceh Tenggara Regencykampung of Aceh Tengah Regencyfinua of Malukupekon of Lampung Provincedusun of Bungo Regencykampung of East Kalimantan Provincetiyuh of Lampung ProvinceDaerah Istimewa

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The Indonesian hierarchy.

Geography.

Levels

Levels and terms.

Levels

Levels.

  1. What are the levels of administration in Indonesia, and what do terms such as kabupaten, kota, kecamatan and desa mean? definition
  2. Which level or unit is meant? boundary

Special

Special regions.

Special

Special.

  1. Which provinces have special status, and how does this work, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Identify Identifying units.

Reference.

Codes

Codes and names.

Codes

Codes.

  1. What are the official codes and names of a given unit, according to official sources? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Lookup

Locating a place.

Lookup

Lookup.

  1. Which regency, district and village does this place belong to? action
  2. Which entry fits a specific province? action
History History and reform.

Governance.

Reform

Decentralisation.

Reform

Reform.

  1. How did decentralisation since 1999 and the creation of new provinces reshape the system? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Indonesian governance? action

Former

Former units.

Former

Former.

  1. What were kota besar, kota kecil, kotamadya and other former units, and how do they map to current ones? provenance
  2. Which entry fits colonial administration? action
Learn Data and teaching.

Education.

Data

Statistical data.

Data

Data.

  1. How are administrative units used in Indonesian census and statistical data? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the Indonesian administrative system be taught? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each level be a separate entry?
  • How should official code lists be linked?
  • How should historical changes be tracked?
Draft as JSON