Analisis Persiapan Dalam Perencanaan Pemekaran Desa Di Kabupaten Bulungan (Studi Kasus di Desa Tanjung Indah Lestari, Desa Bukit Indah, dan Desa Salimbatu Permai)

An expansion of new village is hoped to be able to give positive effect to the society. However, structuring of expanded village, of course, has to do with regulations and rules recently. So, local government of Bulungan regency needs to do a good planning to expand Tanjung Indah Lestari village, Bukit Indah village, and Salimbatu Permai Village. The purpose of the research is: (1) to explain realization of expansion preparation to Tanjung Indah Lestari village, Bukit Indah village, and Salimbatu Permai Village, based on the local rules of BUlungan regency number 4, 2011 about establishment, abolition, annexation of a village and status change of a village becomes a political district, and (2) to explain the factors which influence expansion realization to Tanjung Indah Lestari village, Bukit Indah village, and Salimbatu Permai Village. In this research, the writer applies qualitative approach. This research is done at Bulungan regency, especially in Tanjung Indah Lestari village, Bukit Indah village, and Salimbatu Permai Village. Data collecting is done by interview, observation, and document analysis. The writer also applies qualitative descriptive analysis with data reduction steps, data presentation, and data verification to the technique of data analysis. The result of this research shows that the village chief and the society of Salimbatu Permai village have not understood concept of area expansion, purpose of expansion, and area expansion realization perfectly yet. If it is analyzed from the factors which influence village expansion, so it may be conclude that Tanjung Indah Lestari village, Bukit Indah village, and Salimbatu Permai Village have been appropriate as a definitive village. If it is analyzed from the factors which influence village expansion, it may be concluded that Bukit Indah village is the most appropriate village to be expanded. On the other hand, Tanjung Indah Lestari village is not still appropriate yet to be expanded. The inappropriate factors are communication factors among those villages and also means and infrastructure factors.