Highland Papua

Highland Papua
Papua Pegunungan
Province with special status
Province of Highland Papua
Provinsi Papua Pegunungan
Coat of arms of Highland Papua
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Bangkit Bersama Membangun (Indonesian)"
"Rise Together to Develop"
   Highland Papua in    Indonesia
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Country Indonesia
Established12 November 2022
CapitalJayawijaya
Government
 • BodyHighland Papua Provincial Government
 • GovernorVelix Wanggai (acting)
 • Vice GovernorVacant
Area
[1]
 • Total51,213.33 km2 (19,773.58 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total1,448,360
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
 [2]
Languages
 • Official languageIndonesian
 • Native languages of Highland Papua[3]Dani, Eipomek, Hubla, Ketengban, Kimyal, Lani, Lepki, Momuna, Nduga, Ngalum, Nggem, Walak, Yali, Yetfa, and Others
 • Also spokenJavanese, Papuan Malay, and others
Demographics
 • ReligionsChristianity 97.90%
–Protestantism 90.29%
–Catholicism 7.61%
Islam 1.92%
Traditional religion 0.15%
Others 0.03%[4]
 • Ethnic groups[3]Native: Dani, Hupla, Ketengban, Lani, Mek, Nduga, Yali; Migrant: Javanese, Moluccans, Sulawesians, and others
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)

Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago.[5] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,448,360 according to the official estimates as at mid 2023.[2]

Formally established on 12 November 2022 from the central and mountainous former part of the province of Papua, it is located on the central highlands of Western New Guinea, where it is the first and only landlocked province in Indonesia. The capital of Highland Papua is in Jayawijaya Regency, in Walesi District.[6][7] The legal provision for the province's establishment was approved by the People's Representative Council on 30 June 2022, with the bill signed into Law No. 16/2022 by President Joko Widodo on 25 July, making it one of Indonesia's three then-youngest provinces, alongside Central Papua and South Papua.[8] It borders Papua New Guinea.

  1. ^ Badan Informasi Geospasial, estimate as cited in Kepmendagri No. 100.1.1-6117 Year 2022
  2. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Provinsi Papua Pegunungan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.95)
  3. ^ a b "La Pago" (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Badan Penghubung Daerah Provinsi Papua, Republik Indonesia [Regional Liaison Agency of Papua, Republic of Indonesia]. July 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  4. ^ "Visualisasi Data Kependudukan - Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2022" (Visual). www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Akbar, Nawir Arsyad (30 June 2022). raharjo, Agus (ed.). "Knock! DPR Approves Three Papuan Provinces Bills Become Laws". Republika (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Sudah Tak Ada Masalah dengan Loksi Pembangunan Kantor Gubernur". Cenderawasih Pos. 2023-07-13. Archived from the original on 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  7. ^ "Komnas HAM: Kantor Pemprov Papua Pegunungan Idealnya Dibangun Di Gunung Susu Dan Muliama". Jubi Papua. 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference kompastv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).