Meranti Islands ( Kepulauan Meranti ) is an archipelago, most of which forms a regency ( kabupaten ) of Riau Province and lies off the eastern coast of the island of Sumatra , Indonesia . It was created on 19 December 2008 by the separating of these large islands from the mainly mainland regency of Bengkalis . The regency comprises the islands of Tebing Tinggi , Rangsang , Padang , and Merbau , together with minor offshore islands, but does not include Bengkalis Island to the north, which is geographically part of the archipelago but remains within Bengkalis Regency. The principal town is Selat Panjang (also written as Selatpanjang) on Tebing Tinggi Island. The regency covers an area of 4,769.53 km and had a population of 176,290 at the 2010 Census and 206,116 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 211,611.
21-451: When created in 2008, the regency was divided into five districts ( kecamatan ), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census: On 26 January 2011, the regency was re-divided into nine districts. The additional four districts are Tebing Tinggi Timur (East Tebing Tinggi Island, leaving the residual area of Tebing Tinggi District to cover the town of Selat Panjang and its surroundings), Rangsang Pesisir (Coastal Rangsang, actually
42-466: 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
63-577: A district ", hence the translation of kecamatan as subdistrict is no longer precise since the absence of kewedanan as district . The 1982 publication of Statistics Indonesia translated kecamatan as district . With the release of the Act Number 21 of 2001 on the Special Autonomous of Papua Province, the term distrik was used instead of kecamatan in the entire Western New Guinea . The difference between
84-525: 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. North Aceh Regency contained
105-432: Is about 25.41 km (9.81 sq mi), 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. Kelurahan
126-399: Is an urban village term primarily used in cities , but also tiny parts of regencies . All provinces with the exception of Aceh have kelurahan . 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
147-449: Is the third-level administrative subdivision , below regency or city (second-level) and 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 urban/rural villages . District head is a career bureaucrat position directly appointed by regent or mayor. The local district term kecamatan
168-647: Is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, with 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 kecamatan , which was translated as subdistrict ( Dutch : onderdistrict ). Following the abolition of kewedanan , the term district began to be associated with kecamatan which has since been directly administered by regency. In English-language dictionary, subdistrict means "a division or subdivision of
189-684: Is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term distrik is used in provinces in Papua . In the Special Region of Yogyakarta , the term kapanewon is used for districts within the regencies, while the term kemantren is used for districts within Yogyakarta , the province's only city. According to Statistics Indonesia , there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan ). During
210-650: The Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan , a subdivision of regency, while kecamatan was translated as subdistrict ( Dutch : onderdistrict ). Following the abolition of kewedanan , the term district began to be associated with kecamatan which has since been directly administered by regency. Mainstream media such as The Jakarta Post , Kompas , and Tempo use "district" to refer to kecamatan ; however machine translation services like Google Translate often incorrectly uses "district" to refer to regencies instead. District in Indonesia
231-995: 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 , Gemeinden in Germany , comuni in Italy , or municipios in Spain . The UK equivalent are civil parishes in England and communities in Wales . There are
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#1732772053184252-411: 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. Desa is a rural village terminology used in the majority of regencies in Indonesia, but also in tiny parts of cities. However, several provinces have adopted their own terminology for their traditional villages ( desa adat ). The leader of
273-406: The central part of that island), Pulau Merbau (Merbau Island, leaving the residual area of Merbau District to cover the southern part of Padang Island) and Tasik Putri Puyu (covering the northern part of Padang Island). The areas and the populations of the nine districts at the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2023, are as follows. The table also includes the locations of
294-422: The centre of its north coast, Tebing Tinggi Barat in the west of the island and Tebing Tinggi Timur in the east. The island of Rangsang is also composed of three districts - Rangsang Barat in the west, Rangsang Pesisir in the centre (in spite of its name!) and Rangsang in the east (including smaller islands off its southeast end). Padang Island is composed of two districts - Tasik Putri Puyu in the north and Merbau in
315-518: The district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 96 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan ), and its postcode. Notes: (a) comprising 4 kelurahan (Selat Panjang Barat, Selat Panjang Kota, Selat Panjang Selatan and Selat Panjang Timur) - with 42,723 inhabitants altogether in 2023 - and 5 desa . (b) including one kelurahan - Teluk Belitung - with 5,062 inhabitants in 2023. The island of Tebing Tinggi comprises three districts - Tebing Tinggi itself in
336-649: 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
357-500: The old naming convention for the region's subdivisions. Kapanewon (a subdivision of regency) is headed by a panewu , while kemantren (a subdivision of city), is headed by a mantri pamong praja . Villages of Indonesia 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
378-592: 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
399-783: 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
420-455: The south (note Merbau District is now entirely on Padang Island and does not contain any part of Merbau Island). Merbau Island ( Pulau Merbau ) is identical with the district of that name. 1°0′N 102°42′E / 1.000°N 102.700°E / 1.000; 102.700 Districts of Indonesia In Indonesia , district is the third-level administrative subdivision , below regency or city . The local term kecamatan
441-403: 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 kecamatan was replaced with kapanewon and kemantren . Sultan Hamengkubuwono X , the region's governor and the monarch of Yogyakarta Sultanate , issued Gubernatorial Decree Number 25 of 2019, which restored
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