Afdeling
Afdeling, formerly spelt afdeeling (the Dutch for "department", "section" or "district"),[1] was an administrative area during the Dutch East Indies colonial administration at the district level. The post of administrator was held by an assistant resident. An afdeling is part of a residency and may consist of several onderafdelingen[2] or "subdistricts" (kawedanan level ruled by a Dutch "wedana" called a Controleur) and a landschap headed by an Bumiputera called a hoofd or head.[3][4]
In the plantation sector, an afdeling is an administrative division of a garden.[5]
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[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ plural forms are afdelingen or afdeelingen in Dutch, afdelings or afdeelings in English
- ^ other plural forms are onderafdelings, onderafdeelingen or onderafdeelings; singular forms are onderafdeling or onderafdeeling
- ^ Encyclopædie van Nederlandsch-Indië. 's-Gravenhage and Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff and E.J. Brill, 4 parts and 4 supplements, 1917-1939 (First edition: 4 volumes from circa 1895 to 1905. 's-Gravenhage and Leiden, sa)
- ^ “afdeling” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
- ^ Cribb, Robert, Historical Atlas of Indonesia. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7007-0985-1