Tembagapura

Tembagapura District
Distrik Tembagapura
District
The town of Tembagapura. The building on the extreme left is a Freeport engineering office, the buildings in the middle and on the right are accommodation blocks.
The town of Tembagapura. The building on the extreme left is a Freeport engineering office, the buildings in the middle and on the right are accommodation blocks.
Tembagapura District is located in Central Papua
Tembagapura District
Tembagapura District
Location in Central Papua
Tembagapura District is located in Indonesia
Tembagapura District
Tembagapura District
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 4°8′34″S 137°5′26″E / 4.14278°S 137.09056°E / -4.14278; 137.09056
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Papua
RegencyMimika Regency
Area
 • Total2,586.86 km2 (998.79 sq mi)
Elevation
1,900 m (6,200 ft)
Population
 • Total23,022 (2,020 Census)[1]
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 901

Tembagapura is a district in Mimika Regency, part of the Indonesian province of Central Papua, centered on an urban village built to support the Grasberg Mine. The district covers 2,586.86 km2, and it had a population of 16,917 at the 2010 Census and 23,022 at the 2020 Census.[2]

The central town was established as a company town by Freeport-McMoran in the late 1960s.

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.