Intan Jaya Regency is one of the
regencies (''kabupaten'') in the
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n province of
Central Papua
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 regencie ...
; it was formed in 2008 from part of
Paniai Regency. It covers an area of 3,922 km
2, and had a population of 40,490 at the 2010 Census,
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] but this greatly increased to 135,043 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 139,236.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Intan Jaya Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9407)] The administrative centre is the town of
Sugapa.
Administrative Districts
Intan Jaya Regency comprised in 2010 six
districts (''distrik''), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.]
By 2018, two further districts have been created since 2010 - Tomosiga and Ugimba. The eight districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative villages (all rated as rural ''kampung'') in each district, and its post code.
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
Regencies of Central Papua
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