West Java was one of the first eight provinces of Indonesia formed following the country's independence proclamation and was later legally re-established on 14 July 1950. In 1966, the city of Jakarta was split off from West Java as a 'special capital region' ("Daerah Khusus Ibukota"), with a status equivalent to that of a province, while in 2000 the western parts of the province were in turn split away to form a separate Banten province.