rukun warga

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{{short description|Local administrative division in Indonesia}}

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A rukun warga (abbreviated RW, literally "pillar of residents") is an administrative division of Indonesia under the village or kelurahan (or under: dusun or village). The formation of local communities is through consultation in the framework of community service set by the village or villages. An RW is further divided into rukun tetangga (RT).

Most information about governance and functioning of the RW and RT 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 | publication-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 | publication-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 of the RW.{{Citation | author1=Mearns, David | title=Urban Kampongs in Ambon: whose domain? Whose desa?(Indonesia) | journal=The Australian Journal of Anthropology | publication-date=1999-04-01 | publisher=Australian Anthropological Society | volume=10 | issue=1 | pages=15(1) | doi=10.1111/j.1835-9310.1999.tb00010.x | issn=1035-8811 }}{{Citation | author1=Guinness, Patrick | title=Kampung, Islam and State in Urban Java | publication-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 | publication-date=1986 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-582666-1 }}{{Citation | author1=Guinness, Patrick | title=Rukun Kampung : social relations in urban Yogyakarta | publication-date=1981 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18926637 | accessdate=15 July 2016 }}