Hukum' and other administrative terms in the languages of Minahasa

When the administrative status of the municipality of Manado was raised to the same level as that of the Regency of Minahasa, the need arose to create a Regency capital outside this municipality. The matter was discussed in Parliament (now D?wan Perwakilan Rakyat or D.P.R.) in Jakarta, and in 1959 Tondano was made the new capital of the Regency of Minahasa, and in June 1962 the office of the Head of the Regency, or the Bupati, was opened here. From 1948 up to 1953 Minahasa comprised only one administrative unit, the Daerah (Region). In 1959 the term 'Daerah' was officially dropped and substituted by 'Kabupat?n'. At the same time the title of the administrative chief was changed from Kepala Daerah to Bupati. In 1963 the administrative district was abolished in Indonesia, and as from 1966 in Minahasa. At that time the Regency of Minahasa was divided into 7 districts and 28 kecamatans (= sub-districts) and the municipality of Manado into 3 sub-districts. In 1975 Bitung, one of the sub-districts of Minahasa, was converted into one of the then newly created administrative units called 'Kota Administratif (= Administrative City). Bitung remained an admini strative unit of a lower order than the Regency of Minahasa, but had its

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