rukun tetangga

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A rukun tetangga (abbreviated RT, literally "pillar of neighbours") is an administrative division of a village in Indonesia, under a rukun warga. The RT is the lowest administrative division of Indonesia, with over 1 million rukun tetangga across the country as of 2021.{{cite news |title=Memandang Indonesia dari Rukun Warga dan Rukun Tetangga |url=https://www.merdeka.com/amp/khas/memandang-indonesia-dari-rukun-warga-dan-rukun-tetangga.html |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=merdeka.com |date=9 October 2022 |language=id}}

The rukun tetangga operates through consultation in the framework of community service,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106972081 |title=Self-help street by street |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=41 |issue=11,769 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=17 August 1967 |accessdate=15 July 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} set by the village or villages.{{Citation | author1=Jakarta Raya (Indonesia). Rukun Tetangga | author2=Jakarta Raya (Indonesia). Rukun Kampung | author3=Yayasan Res Publica (Jakarta, Indonesia) | title=Pelaksaan peraturan pembentukan RI-RK di Daswati I Djakarta Raya | date=1974 | publisher=Inter Documentation Company | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22206731 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }}

The local level of governance of rukun warga and rukun tetangga also includes the rukun kampung {{Citation | author1=Suwarno, P. J | author2=Universitas Sanata Dharma | title=Dari azazyookai dan tonarigumi ke rukun kampung dan rukun tetangga di Yogyakarta (1942-1989) : sebuah tinjauan historis | date=1995 | publisher=Universitas Sanata Dharma | edition=Cet. 1 | isbn=978-979-8927-09-6 }}

A rukun tetangga is chaired by a ketua RT elected by its citizens. An RT consists of a number of households (KK).

Most information about governance and functioning of the RT and RW is in Indonesian.{{Citation | author1=Jakarta Raya (Indonesia). Biro Administrasi Wilayah | title=Buku petunjuk pelaksanaan rukun tetangga dan rukun warga (RT-RW), dewan kelurahan dan dewan kota/kabupaten Provinsi DKI Jakarta | date=2005 | publisher=Biro Administrasi Wilayah, Provinsi DKI Jakarta | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32531954 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }}{{Citation | author1=Jakarta Raya (Indonesia). Direktorat I/Pemerintahan | author2=Jakarta Raya (Indonesia). Kantor Urusan Penduduk | title=Himpunan peraturan kependudukan : pedoman bagi para lurah, rukun tetangga (RT), rukun warga (RW) dan petugas2 lainnja, tentang kependudukan Daerah Chusus Ibukota Djakarta | date=1971 | publisher=s.n | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10180166 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }} Some non-Indonesian anthropologists have written about the functions and issues.{{Citation | author1=Mearns, David | title=Urban Kampongs in Ambon: whose domain? Whose desa?(Indonesia) | journal=The Australian Journal of Anthropology | date=1999-04-01 | publisher=Australian Anthropological Society | volume=10 | issue=1 | pages=15(1) | issn=1035-8811 | doi=10.1111/j.1835-9310.1999.tb00010.x }}{{Citation | author1=Guinness, Patrick | title=Kampung, Islam and State in Urban Java | date=2015-12-08 | publisher=NUS Press - National University of Singapore | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26316942 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }}{{Citation | author1=Guinness, Patrick | author2=Asian Studies Association of Australia | title=Harmony and hierarchy in a Javanese kampung | date=1986 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-582666-1 }}{{Citation | author1=Guinness, Patrick | title=Rukun Kampung : social relations in urban Yogyakarta | date=1981 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18926637 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }}

== Malaysia ==

In Malaysia, the Rukun Tetangga refers to the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme introduced by the government in 1975 at the height of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia.{{cn|date=August 2024}} Its objective is to fosters national unity and security among the people in the neighbourhood watch areas (Kawasan Rukun Tetanga). After the communist insurgency ended in 1990, Rukun Tetangga is converted into an organization for maintaining the well-being of the people in the urban and rural neighbourhood areas.