Pegunungan Bintang Regency, or Bintang Mountains Regency is a
regency
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in the
Indonesian province of
Highland Papua
Highland Papua ( id, Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,408,641 according to the official es ...
. It covers an area of 15,683 km
2, and had a population of 65,434 at the 2010 Census and 77,872 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is
Oksibil
Oksibil is a town and a district of Highland Papua in Indonesia that is also the administrative centre of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency. According to the 2010 census the district had a population of 4,087 inhabitants and on 2018 it increases to 4 ...
.
Name
''Pegunungan Bintang'' is the Indonesian name for the
Star Mountains
The Star Mountains ( Dutch ( colonial)'': Sterrengebergte''; Indonesian'': Pegunungan Bintang'') are a mountain range in western Papua New Guinea and the eastern end of Highland Papua, Indonesia, stretching from the eastern end of Indonesia t ...
, a mountain range that is also shared by
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. Similarly,
Star Mountains Rural LLG in
Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian province of Papua. The provincial capital is Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil. Other major settlements are Kiunga, Ningerum, Olso ...
is also named after the mountain range.
Languages
The
Yetfa and
Murkim languages are spoken in the eponymous Yetfa and Murkim districts. Other indigenous Papuan languages of Pegunungan Bintang Regency are Lepki (Lepki-Murkim family), Kimki (isolate), Towei (Pauwasi), Emem (Pauwasi), and Burumakok (Ok, Trans-New Guinea).
Administrative Districts
The Bintang Mountains Regency comprises thirty-four
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
(''distrik''), 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 districts' administrative centres.
The number of districts increased dramatically prior to 2010, created by the division of the six original districts (whose names are given in bold above).
*Kawor, Tarup, and Awinbon were created from parts of Iwur District
*Pepera, Alemsom, Serambakon, Kolomdol, Oksop, Ok Sebang (formerly Sebang), Ok Bape, and Ok Aon were created from parts of Oksibil District
*Bime, Epumek, Weime, Pamek, Nongme, and Batani were created from parts of Borme District
*Aboy, Okbab, Teiraplu, and Yefta were created from parts of Okbi District
*East Kiwirok, Okhika, Oklip, and Oksamol (formerly Warasamo) were created from parts of Kiwirok District
*Murkim, Mofinop, and Okbemta were created from parts of Batom District
See also
*
Star Mountains
The Star Mountains ( Dutch ( colonial)'': Sterrengebergte''; Indonesian'': Pegunungan Bintang'') are a mountain range in western Papua New Guinea and the eastern end of Highland Papua, Indonesia, stretching from the eastern end of Indonesia t ...
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Highland Papua
Regencies of Highland Papua