Sentani Kota is a town (''kelurahan'') located in the district of Sentani,

Jayapura Regency Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Paci ...

, Papua Province,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. It lies some 40 kms west of the city of

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Hollandia (1910-1962), Kota Baru (1962-1963), Soekarnopura (1963-1968)) is the capital city, capital and List of Indonesian cities by population, largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Papua (provi ...

, and contains Sentani International Airport, the main port of entry for the province. The adjacent town (''kelurahan'') of Hinekombe - part of the same built-up area - is the location of the administrative seat of Sentani District, while Sentani District is the capital of Jayapura Regency. The town is located to the north of Lake Sentani and to the south of the Cyclops Mountains.Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten Jayapura
Kecamatan Sentani Dalam Angka 2018
In mid 2022 Sentani town had 24,482 inhabitants and Hinekombe town had 21,724 inhabitants.

Transportation

Sentani is served by Sentani International Airport. The village is linked to

by a paved highway.

Climate

Sentani has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with moderate to heavy rainfall year-round.

References

Jayapura Regency Populated places in Papua (province) {{Papua-geo-stub