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Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, 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.
Jayawijaya Mountains Wildlife Refuge, also known as Pegunungan Jayawijaya Wildlife Refuge, covers part of the range. [2] The range's Eternity Glaciers are projected to vanish by the year 2026, due both to climate change and strong El Niño weather patterns. The glaciers' depth has declined from 32 m (105 ft) in 2010 to 8 m (26 ft) in 2021. [3]
The Foja Mountains (Foja Range, Foya Mountains) (Indonesian: Pegunungan Foja) are located just north of the Mamberamo river basin in Papua, Indonesia. The mountains rise to 2,193 metres (7,195 ft), and have 3,000 square kilometers of old growth tropical rainforest in the interior part of the range.
The Arfak Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Arfak) is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia.. The term "arfak" came from arfk the language of the coastal Biak people, meaning "people who sleep over fire", to refer to how the Arfak warm their houses by putting hot ember below their Rumah Kaki Seribu. [1]
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".
The Star Mountains (Dutch (): Sterrengebergte; Indonesian: Pegunungan Bintang) are a mountain range in eastern end of Highland Papua, Indonesia and the western Papua New Guinea, stretching from the eastern end of Indonesia to the Hindenburg Range in Papua New Guinea.
Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It occupies an area of 13,925.31 km 2 in the Baliem Valley, situated in the central highlands of the province. It had a population of 196,085 at the 2010 Census, [2] and 269,553 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was ...
Arfak Mountains Regency (Kabupaten Pegunungan Arfak) is a regency of the West Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed in 2013 from the western districts of Manokwari Regency . The areas now comprised in the new regency had a population of 23,877 at the 2010 Census, [ 2 ] which rose to 38,941 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as ...