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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.
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".
This was a response to independence movements that had been present in the province since it became part of Indonesia, and occurred alongside the renaming of the province from Irian Jaya to Papua. [ 8 ] : 42–43 [ 9 ] This gave Papua a greater portion of revenue, autonomy outside reserved areas maintained by the central government, and 20 ...
Merauke is the economic centre of South Papua, while its administrative centre is the town of Salor located in Kurik District of Merauke Regency, around 60 km northwest of Merauke town. [8] South Papua landscape predominantly consists of lowland areas characterized by extensive swamps and massive rivers such as the Digul and Maro.
Nduga Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua.Nduga Regency was created on 4 January 2008 by separation from Jayawijaya Regency in accordance with Law No. 6/2008.
This type of city and regency in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. As of January 2023, there were 514-second-level administrative divisions (416 regencies and 98 cities) in Indonesia. [3] The list below groups regencies and cities in Indonesia by provinces.
Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri.
South Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Sorong Selatan) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia.It has an area of 6,570.23 km 2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census [2] and 52,469 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 54,277 (comprising 27,833 males and 26,444 females). [1]