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TheDutch East Indies was aDutch colony consisting of what is now mostly the modern state ofIndonesia. TheAnglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which cededDutch Malacca, a governorate of the Dutch East Indies that was transferred to Great Britain has consolidated modern-day rule to theMalacca state ofMalaysia. It was divided into three governorates, namely theGreat East,Borneo (Kalimantan) andSumatra, and into three provinces inJava. Provinces and governorates were further divided into residencies. Residencies under the provinces were divided intoregencies (Dutch:regentschappen), and residencies under governorates were divided into departments (Dutch:Afdeelingen, modern spellingafdelingen) and then further intoregentschappen.^[1]

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

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

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]}

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

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

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

In 1938 both of these Residencies were again united in aGovernorate of Borneo (Gouvernement van Borneo) with its capital atBanjarmasin.

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

In 1922 with the dissolution ofResidentie Ternate toResidentie Amboina,Residentie Amboina was renamed toResidentie Molukken. In 1935, theresidentie was renamed toGovernorate of the Moluccas (Gouvernement Molukken) until the creation ofGouvernement Groote Oost in 1938, in whichGouvernement Molukken becameresidentie again.

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

Vorstenlanden were four native states on the island ofJava in theNetherlands Indies that were nominally self-governing undersuzerainty of theKingdom of the Netherlands. Their political autonomy was however severely constrained by treaties and settlements. Two of them were the Governorate of Djokjakarta and the Governorate of Soerakarta, which controlled theResidentie Djokjakarta and theResidenties of Soerakarta and Klaten respectively.

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