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Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). [6] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km 2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,448,360 according to the official estimates as at mid 2023.
The province of Papua (Provinsi Papua) in Indonesia is divided into eight kabupaten and one independent kota (city) which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as distrik under the law of 2001 on "special autonomy for Papua province".
The province of Highland Papua (Provinsi Papua Pegunungan) in Indonesia is divided into eight kabupaten which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as distrik under the law of 2001 on "special autonomy for Papua province".
Included in this new legislation was the provision to create new provinces, and in July 2022 new national legislation split South Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua from Papua [12] through Law Number 14 of 2022, Law Number 15 of 2022, and Law Number 16 of 2022 respectively. [9]
As created, Jayawijaya Regency covered an area coincident with the whole of what in 2022 became Highland Papua Province. However, on 11 December 2002 three new Regencies - Bintang Mountains Regency (Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang), Tolikara Regency, and Yahukimo Regency - were created from parts of Jayawijaya Regency.
Papua: Since 2001 local government has a greater role. The governor is required to be of Papuan origins. [12] Central Papua: The Province split from Papua in 2022. Highland Papua: The Province split from Papua in 2022. This province is the only landlocked province in Indonesia. South Papua: The Province split from Papua in 2022.
The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) is a name given to a separatist movement that aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia and establish an independent state in the region.
Tolikara Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 14,564 km 2, and had a population of 114,427 at the 2010 Census [2] and 239,543 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 244,345. [1] The administrative centre of Tolikara Regency is the town of Karubaga.