Afdeling, formerly spelt (the Dutch for "department", "section" or "district"),plural forms are or in Dutch, afdelings or afdeelings in English 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 other plural forms are , or ; singular forms are or or "subdistricts" (kawedanan level ruled by a Dutch "wedana" called a Controleur) and a headed by an Bumiputera called a or head.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.
In the plantation sector, an afdeling is an administrative division of a garden.Cribb, Robert, Historical Atlas of Indonesia. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000.
See also Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies Inlands Bestuur Onderdistrict Pemboewan Kewedanan
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