Provinces of Indonesia. A province (Indonesian: provinsi) is the highest tier of local country government subdivisions in Indonesia.
Provinces are further divided into regencies and cities. Background[edit] Administrative divisions of Indonesia. Indonesia is divided into provinces (Indonesian: Provinsi).
Provinces are made up of regencies and cities. Province, regencies and cities have their own local governments and parliamentary bodies. Indonesia. Indonesia ( The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India.
Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Muslim traders brought the now-dominant Islam, while European powers brought Christianity and fought one another to monopolize trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery.
Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II.