Puncak Jaya Regency
Kabupaten Puncak Jaya | |
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 A view of the peak of Puncak Jaya, located in the southwestern portion of the regency | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Yabu Eeruwok | |
 Location within Central Papua | |
  Puncak Jaya Regency Location in Indonesian Papua  Puncak Jaya Regency Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 3°42′00″S 137°57′53″E / 3.7001°S 137.9647°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Central Papua |
| Capital | Mulia |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Yuni Wonda |
| • Vice Regent | Deinas Geley |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,515 km2 (2,515 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2022 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 231,499 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (IEST) |
| Area code | (+62) 901 |
| Website | puncakjayakab |
Puncak Jaya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It is an inland highland regency,[2] lying directly east of Paniai Regency and west of Jayawijaya Regency and Tolikara Regency (including those new regencies which have subsequently been created within the former boundaries of those regencies).[3] As of 2004, it was reported that these four regencies had a population that is 93–97% ethnic Papua;[2] however this included areas which have subsequently been formed into new regencies.
In 2008 an additional regency - simply named Puncak Regency - was created from the western part of the area of Puncak Jaya Regency. The residual Puncak Jaya Regency covers an area of 6,515 km2, and had a population of 101,148 at the 2010 Census[4] which increased to 224,527 at the 2020 Census;[5] the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 231,499.[1]
The capital of the regency is Mulia.[6][7][8]
According to a 2009 profile in Indonesia's Tempo magazine, Puncak Jaya had sixteen districts (distrik) 147 villages, and 147,000 residents;[9] However this did not take into account the fact that under Law No. 7/2008, eight of these districts had already been removed from Puncak Jaya Regency in 2008 and formed into a separate Puncak Regency in 2008. The 2010 Census revealed a population of 101,148 in the residual Puncak Jaya Regency,[4] which by the 2020 Census had more than doubled to 224,527.[5] It is a difficult ten-hour drive from Wamena (Jayawijaya Regency) to the mostly undeveloped regency. Separatists in the Free Papua Movement are active in the area.[9]
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Puncak Jaya Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9402)
- ^ a b McGibbon, Rodd. Plural Society in Peril: Migration, Economic Change, and the Papua Conflict, East–West Center (2004). Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ Map of Papua Province, Indonesia, East–West Center publication. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
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- ^ Country Reports on Human Rights ... – Google Books. September 2008. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ a b (16 March 2009). Building a New Papua,Tempo. Retrieved December 20, 2010.