Editing Ternate (section)

==Governance==

=== Administration ===
At the time of the 2010 census, Ternate city (which includes seven neighbouring islands and islets as well as the main island of Ternate) was divided into seven [[Districts of Indonesia|districts]], but in 2018 an eighth district (Ternate Barat) was created in the west of the island from part of the Pulau Ternate District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas (in square kilometres) and their populations during the 2010<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and 2020 censuses,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021"/> together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Ternate Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8271)</ref> Five of these districts are on the island of Ternate, and the remaining three each consist of a smaller neighbouring island or (in the case of Pulau Batang Dua District) islands. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of subdistricts in each district (all classed as urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Kode <br>Wilayah || Name of<br />district <br />(''kecamatan'')!! English <br>version !! Area <br />in <br />km<sup>2</sup>!! Pop'n <br />2010 <br />Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/>|| Pop'n<br>2020 <br />Census || Pop'n<br>mid 2024 <br />Estimate ||Admin<br>centre||No.<br /> of<br />subdistricts||Post<br>code (on the left)
|-
| 82.71.06 || Ternate Tengah || Central Ternate ||align="right"| 13.26 ||align="right"| 52,072||align="right"|53,643||align="right"|56,058||Salahuddin||align="center"|15||97711<br>-97732
|-
| 82.71.02 || Kota Ternate Selatan || South Ternate ||align="right"| 20.22  ||align="right"| 63,746||align="right"|74,329||align="right"|75,105||Kalumata||align="center"|17||97713<br>-97734
|-
| 82.71.03 || Kota Ternate Utara || North Ternate ||align="right"| 13.92  ||align="right"| 45,574||align="right"|48,982||align="right"|50,778||Dufa-Dufa||align="center"|14||97723<br>-97738
|-
| 82.71.01 || Pulau Ternate <sup>(a)</sup> || Ternate island ||align="right"| 17.39  ||align="right"| 14,692||align="right"|8,735||align="right"|9,233||Jambula||align="center"|13||97747
|-
| || Ternate Barat <sup>(b)</sup> || West Ternate ||align="right"| 33.88  ||align="right"| <sup>(c)</sup>||align="right"|8,788||align="right"|9,478||Sulamadaha||align="center"|<sup>(c)</sup>||97747
|-
| || ''Total island''
  ||   ||align="right"| ''98.67''  ||align="right"| ''176,084''||align="right"| ''194,477''||align="right"|''200,652''|| ||align="center"|''59''|| 
|-
| 82.71.04 || [[Moti Island|Moti]] <sup>(d)</sup> || Moti (Island) ||align="right"| 24.78 ||align="right"| 4,399||align="right"|4,811||align="right"|4,615||Moti Kota||align="center"|6||97741
|-
| 82.71.05 || Pulau Batang Dua <sup>(e)</sup>|| [[Batang Dua Islands]] ||align="right"| 29.03 ||align="right"| 2,487||align="right"|2,791||align="right"|2,711||Mayau||align="center"|6||97743
|-e
| 82.71.07 || [[Mount Hiri|Pulau Hiri]] || Hiri Island ||align="right"| 9.72 ||align="right"| 2,735||align="right"|2,922||align="right"|2,858||Faudu||align="center"|6||97745
|}

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| Pulau Ternate District consists of a reduced part of the western section of Ternate island.
| The new Ternate Barat district includes the 22.05&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ''Hutan Lindung'' (protected forest) in the middle of the island and including the volcanic cone.
| The figure is included in the previous figure for Pulau Ternate District.
| Moti Island lies to the south of Ternate, between [[Tidore]] and [[Makian]] Islands.
| This district actually comprises two widely-separated islands - Mayau (24.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> with about 1,990 inhabitants) and Tifure (4.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> with about 725 inhabitants), plus the uninhabited Gurida (0.224&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) off Tifure and the minor islets of Makka and Mano.
}}

=== Local government ===
As with all [[City status in Indonesia|Indonesian cities]], the local government is a second-level administrative division run by a mayor and vice mayor with the city parliament, and it is equivalent to regency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UU 22 1999|url=https://www.dpr.go.id/dokjdih/document/uu/UU_1999_22.pdf}}</ref> Executive power lies with the mayor and vice mayor, while legislation duties are carried by local parliament. Mayor, vice mayor, and parliament members are democratically elected by people of the city in an election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UU 8 2015|url=https://www.dpr.go.id/dokjdih/document/uu/1627.pdf}}</ref> Head of districts are appointed directly by city mayor with recommendation by the city secretary.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PP No. 17 Tahun 2018 tentang Kecamatan [JDIH BPK RI]|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/77921/pp-no-17-tahun-2018|access-date=2021-04-16|website=peraturan.bpk.go.id}}</ref><ref>Government Law No.19 1998</ref>

=== Politics ===
Ternate city is part of the First North Maluku electoral district with the [[West Halmahera Regency]], both of which have 12 out of 45 seats in provincial parliament combined. At the city level, it is divided into four electoral districts, which has 30 representatives in total.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=https://jdih.kpu.go.id/data/data_kepkpu/295_Malut.pdf|title=Keputusan KPU Nomor 295/PL.01.3-Kpt/06/KPU/IV/2018 tentang Penetapan Daerah Pemilihan dan Alokasi Kursi Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Provinsi dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten/Kota di Wilayah Provinsi Maluku Utara dalam Pemilihan Umum Tahun 2019|publisher=KPU RI|access-date=2021-01-25|date=2018-04-04}}</ref> The first electoral district consists of Central Ternate which has eight seats on city parliament, second electoral district with seven seats from North Ternate, third electoral district with 12 seats from South Ternate and Moti Island Districts, and the fourth electoral district with three seats from Ternate Island, Hiri Island, and Batang Dua Island Districts.<ref name=":10" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Electoral district
!Region
!Representatives
|-
| align="center" |Ternate 1st
|Central Ternate District
| align="center" |8
|-
| align="center" |Ternate 2nd
|North Ternate District
| align="center" |7
|-
| align="center" |Ternate 3rd
|South Ternate and Moti Island Districts
| align="center" |12
|-
| align="center" |Ternate 4th
|Ternate Island, Hiri Island, and Batang Dua Island Districts
| align="center" |3
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
| align="center" |'''30'''
|}