Paniai Regency is one of the
regencies (''kabupaten'') in
Central Papua Province
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province ( id, Provinsi Papua Tengah) is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 11 November 2022 from the former eight western regen ...
of
Indonesia
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. It is named after the
Paniai Lakes. It covers an area of 6,525.25 km
2, and had a population of 153,432 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 220,410 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is
Enarotali, in East Paniai.
Administrative districts
At the 2010 Census, Paniai Regency comprised ten
districts
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(''distrik''). However, by 2018 the splitting of existing districts to create additional ones had raised the total to twenty-four districts. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres.
Note (a) The fourteen new districts created since 2013 are: Aweida, Baya Biru, Deiyai Miyo, Dogomo, Fajar Timur (East Fajar), Muye, Nakama, Pugo Dagi, Teluk Deya (Deya Bay), Topiyai, Wege Bino, Wege Muka, Yagai and Youtadi. Their areas and populations as at 2010 are included with the figures for the original districts from which they were cut out subsequently.
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
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Regencies of Central Papua