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Surabaya. This decision was specified in UT Rector's Letter of Decision No.
100/PT45/1992 on 24 August 1992. Since then, UPBJJ of Jember, Malang and

Surabaya have management areas as specified in the Letter of Decision .
At the beginning of UT's establishment, Palembang had 2 cities and 8

districts, including Bangka Belitung. Due to the implementation of regional
autonomy, in 2002 Bangka Belitung became a new province. In order to improve

quality of services to students in the region , areas of management had to be
expanded. UPBJJ Palembang's area had to be reorganized for the sake of

equality of areas for each UPBJJ. Through Rector's Letter of Decision No.
176/J31/KEP/2002, UPBJJ Pangkal Pinang was established in 2002.

Several years later, in order to improve quality of services to students in
the regions, equal distribution of working areas had to be made for UPBJJ, so

the existing areas had to be reorganized . Through Rector's Letter of Decision No.
691/J31/KEP/2005 on 11 July 2005, working areas for UPBJJ Palembang and

UPBJJ Pangkal Pinang were reorganized. Areas of UPBJJ Palembang include city
of Palembang, districts of Ogan Komering Ulu, Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan, Ogan

Komering Ulu Timur, Ogan Komering llir, kabupaten Ogan llir, Musi Banyuasin,
Banyuasin , Lahat, city of Pagaralam, Musi Rawas district, city of Lubuk Linggau,
Muara Enim district, and city of Prabumulih . Areas of UPBJJ Pangkal Pinang

include districts of Bangka lnduk, Bangka Barat, Bangka Selatan, Bangka

Tengah , Pangkalpinang , Belitung lnduk, and Belitung Timur.
From 1984 to 1994, areas of UPBJJ Manado included 6 districts and 2
municipalities and 1 administrative town . Following the opening of land

transportation to Luwuk-Banggai, its service areas had to be changed . Luwuk-

Banggai district was shifted to UPBJJ Palu . In 2001 , student services in district
and city of Gorontalo were transferred to a new UPBJJ, namely UPBJJ Gorontalo.
UPBJJ Gorontalo was established based on Rector's Letter of Decision No.

82/J31/KEP/2002.

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