摘要:AbstractRegional autonomy has brought impact of the desire to split parts of themselves or in otherwords, broke away to become the new autonomous region. Regional expansion is not just happeningat the provincial level, but also occurred in the district / city level. The number of Regency / City is farmore than the number of provincial post-reform 1999.Regional expansion phenomenon was driven by several factors that support among theexisting regulations already provide a tremendous opportunity for the proliferation of regionalexpansion proposals. The procedure is quite easy, and encouraged some of the motives of "hidden"from the local political elites and political elites at the nationalRegional Expansion has brought negative atupun positive implications for society, localgovernment and central government. The implications of regional expansion, antaralain: socialimplications of political, social implications of economic, socio-cultural implications, implications forpublic services, and the implications for economic development.Key Word : regional autonomy, regional expansion