Puncak Jaya Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the

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n province of

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. It is an inland highland regency,McGibbon, Rodd
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'' (2004). Retrieved December 20, 2010. lying directly east of

Paniai Regency Paniai Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Central Papua Province of Indonesia. It is named after the Paniai Lakes. It covers an area of 6,525.25 km2, and had a population of 153,432 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, ...

and west of

Jayawijaya Regency Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It occupies an area of 13,925.31 km2 in the Baliem Valley, situated in the central highlands of the province. It had a population of 196, ...

and

Tolikara Regency Tolikara Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 14,564 km2, and had a population of 114,427 at the 2010 Census and 239,543 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at ...

(including those new regencies which have subsequently been created within the former boundaries of those regencies).Map of Papua Province, Indonesia
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'' publication. Retrieved December 20, 2010. As of 2004, it was reported that these four regencies had a population that is 93–97% ethnic Papua; however this included areas which have subsequently been formed into new regencies. In 2008 an additional regency - simply named

Puncak Regency Puncak Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Central Papua; it is not to be confused with Puncak Jaya Regency, which is within the same province, and from whose western districts those districts now forming ...

- 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 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which increased to 224,527 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The capital of the regency is Mulia. According to a 2009 profile in Indonesia's ''

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'' magazine, Puncak Jaya had sixteen

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(''kecamatan'') and 147 villages, and 147,000 residents;(16 March 2009)
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''. Retrieved December 20, 2010. however this did not take account of the fact that under the Law No. 7/2008, eight of these districts had already been removed from Puncak Jaya Regency in 2008 and formed into a separate

in 2008. The 2010 Census revealed a population of 101,148 in the residual Puncak Jaya Regency, which by the 2020 Census had more than doubled to 224,527.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. It is a difficult ten-hour drive from

Wamena Wamena is a town and the capital of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 at the ...

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) to the mostly undeveloped regency. Separatists in the

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are active in the area.

Administrative districts

At the 2010 Census, the existing regency comprised eight

(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census. However, by 2018 these had been split to create additional districts, which in 2018 numbered twenty-six, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census. The nineteen new districts created by 2018 are Dagai, Dokome, Gubume, Gurage, Ilamburawi, Irimuli, Kalome, Kiyage, Lumo, Molanikime, Muara, Nioga, Nume, Pagaleme, Taganombak, Waegi, Wanwi, Yambi and Yamoneri; the previous Jigonikme District has ceased to exist.

Towns included

* Aginilia * Buguba * Jebegot * Lambo * Mulia * Mbambawa * Motorbivak * Rustoord * Splitsingbivak * Tombage

Climate

Mulia, the seat of the regency has a

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(Cfb) with heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

Detail maps
from Indonesian government, this regency: (includes northern portion) (includes southern portion, including location of Mulia)

{{Authority control Regencies of Central Papua