Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies

The following list is the divisions of the Dutch East Indies in 1942, prior to the Japanese occupation in World War II.

Sumatra

In 1938, all of the various Residencies and Gouvernements in Sumatra were reorganized under the new Gouvernement of Sumatra.^[2]

Java

Java comprised three provinces,^{[citation needed]} West, Middle and East Java, the boundaries of which were similar to the island's pre-2000 boundaries.^{[citation needed]}

West Java

Under control of Governorate of West Java (Gouvernement West-Java)

Central Java

Under control of Governorate of Middle Java (Gouvernement Midden-Java):

East Java

Under control of Governorate of East Java (Gouvernement Oost-Java):

Borneo

In 1938 both of these Residencies were again united in a Governorate of Borneo (Gouvernement van Borneo) with its capital at Banjarmasin.

The Great East

The governorate of the Great East (Dutch: 'Gouvernement Groote Oost') was created in 1938. It comprised the islands to the east of Borneo and Java, including the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku and Western New Guinea.

Lesser Sunda Islands

Sulawesi

Maluku and Western New Guinea

In 1922 with the dissolution of Residentie Ternate to Residentie Amboina, Residentie Amboina was renamed to Residentie Molukken. In 1935 the Residentie was renamed to Governorate of the Moluccas Gouvernement Molukken until the creation of Gouvernement Groote Oost in 1938, in which Gouvernement Molukken became residentie again.

Malay Peninsula

Malacca

The governorate of Malacca (Gouvernement Malacca) was a part of the Dutch East Indies (1818-1825), before finally handing it to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland based on Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

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