Papua (province)

Papua
Basic data
Area :	365,466 km²
Residents :	3,149,400
Population density :	9 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Jayapura
governor	Luke Enembe
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.papua.go.id

Along with Papua Barat (West Papua), Papua is one of the two provinces of Western New Guinea , the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea .

Initially, Western New Guinea was the colony of Dutch New Guinea . After a controversial vote ( Act of Free Choice , AFC) in 1969 , the whole of Western New Guinea was incorporated into the state of Indonesia as Irian Jaya Province . The result is said to have been manipulated by forging votes against the real will of the indigenous Papuans , who saw it as an interference with their autonomy. The resulting Papuan conflict is the reason for the strong Indonesian military presence on site. In 2003 Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya was divided into the provinces of Papua and Papua Barat (West Papua).

The up to 4884 m ( Carstensz pyramid ) high central mountain range crosses the province from west to east, the south is flat and partly crossed by swamps. Most of the settlements, including the capital Jayapura , are on the north coast.

Administrative division

As in the rest of Indonesia, the number of administrative units in the province of Papua rose steadily. If the population censuses (Census, Indonesian Sensus Penduduk ) of 1971 and 1980 counted 6 Kabupaten (government districts, English Regency) - namely Merauke, Jayawijaya, Jayapura, Yapen Waropen, Biak Namfor and Paniai - ten years later there were already nine and the city (Indonesian Kota ) Jayapura. In 2000 the number 29 (including Kota Jayapura ) was reached.
The number of districts (Indonesian district ) rose from 389 to 499 between 2012 and 2015, the number of villages (Indonesian: Desa , also known as Kampung in the province of Papua ) rose from 3,619 to 4,445 in the same period. Only after the secession and formation of the West Papua province (2003) did this number decrease again slightly. The following list shows the latest status (1st half of 2017) of the subordinate administrative units in the province of Papua.

Administrative division of Western New Guinea with the provinces of Papua (dark green) and West Papua

code	Kabupaten / Kota	Administrative headquarters	Number District	Number of Desa / Kampung
91.01	Kab. Merauke	Merauke	20th	168
91.02	Kab. Jayawijaya	Wamena	39	331
91.03	Kab. Jayapura	Sentani	19th	144
91.04	Kab. Nabire	Nabire	15th	85
91.05	Kab.Kepulauan Yapen 1	Serui	16	165
91.06	Biak Namfor	Biak	19th	262
91.07	Puncak Jaya	Mulia	10	70
91.08	Paniai	Enarotali	26th	302
91.09	Facial expressions	Timika	18th	147
91.10	Sarmi	Sarmi	20th	110
91.11	Keerom	Arso	15th	162
91.12	Pegunungan Bintang	Oksibil	23	221
91.13	Yahukimo	Dekai	51	518
91.14	Tolikara	Karubaga	34	277
91.15	Waropen	Were	46	545
91.16	Boven Digoel	Tanah Mera	19th	110
91.17	Mappi	Keppi	11	91
91.18	Asmat	Agats	12	117
91.19	Supiori	Sorendiweri	5	38
91.20	Membramo Raya	Burmeso	9	59
91.21	Mamberamo Tengah	Kobakma	32	248
91.22	Yalimo	Elelim	37	188
91.23	Lanny Jaya	Tiom	5	59
91.24	Nduga	Kenyam	5	27
91.25	Puncak	ilaga	8th	80
91.26	Dogiyai	Kigamani	10	79
91.27	Intan Jaya	Sugapa	6th	78
91.28	Deiyai	Tigi	5	67
91.71	Kota Jayapura	Jayapura	5	39
91	PAPUA PROVINCE	Jayapura	540	4,787

¹ former name: Kepulauan Yapen Warpen

population

code	Kabupaten / Kota	Area km²	population				Population density (inh / km²)
			2000 census	2010 census	2013	2016
91.01	Kab. Merauke	47,406.90	135.192	195.716	218,884	221,584	4.7
91.02	Kab. Jayawijaya	2,331.19	83,671	196.085	257,602	267,334	114.7
91.03	Kab. Jayapura	14,390.16	86,036	111,943	158,642	164.909	11.5
91.04	Kab. Nabire	4,549.75	94.080	129,893	161,343	165.965	36.5
91.05	Kepulauan Yapen	4,936.37	58,879	82,951	105,564	109.203	22.1
91.06	Kab.Biak Namfor	13,017.45	97,564	126,798	137,662	140.210	10.8
91.07	Kab. Puncak Jaya	2,446.50	51,705	101.148	202.153	214,462	87.7
91.08	Kab. Paniai	20,686.54	59,355	153,432	107,604	116,247	5.6
91.09	Kab.Mimika	2,300.37	101.036	182.001	301.283	305.614	132.9
91.10	Kab.Sarmi	13,965.58	22,628	32,971	35,249	36,616	2.6
91.11	Kab. Keerom	9,015.03	34,856	48,536	57,736	59,228	6.6
91.12	Cab. Pegunungan Bintang	14,655.36	51,309	65,434	103,467	107.031	7.3
91.13	Kab.Yahukimo	15,057.90	117.297	164,512	307.068	348.364	23.1
91.14	Kab. Tolikara	6,149.67	35,309	114,427	223.906	246.119	40.0
91.15	Cab. Waropen	5,381.47	17,011	24,639	30.198	32,443	6.0
91.16	Cab. Boven Digoel	24,665.98	28,594	55,784	50,807	56,201	2.3
91.17	Kab. Mappi	23,178.45	58,969	81,658	100.009	101,807	4.4
91.18	Kab. Asmat	24,687.57	55,810	76,577	100,076	103.048	4.2
91.19	Kab. Supiori	634.24	12.164	15,874	20,028	20,951	33.0
91.20	Kab. Membramo Raya	28,034.87	12,545	18,365	33,272	34,454	1.2
91.21	Kab. Mamberamo Tengah	33.84.14	18,167	39,537	40.991	44,654	13.2
91.22	Kab.Yalimo	3,658.76	22,456	50,763	82.284	118,474	32.4
91.23	Kab. Lanny Jaya	3,439.79	63.008	148,522	109,763	196.722	57.2
91.24	Kab. Nduga	5,825.22	32,228	79.053	103.289	106.293	18.2
91.25	Kab. Puncak	5,618.84	47,406	93,218	148,823	158,342	28.2
91.26	Kab. Dogiyai	4,522.15	60,095	84,230	107.914	112.176	24.8
91.27	Kab. Intan Jaya	2,325.88	15,466	40,490	87,470	137.048	58.9
91.28	Kab. Deiyai	9,336.60	25,086	62.119	43,262	87,545	9.4
91.71	Kota Jayapura	950.38	186.222	256.705	411,398	416.243	438.0
91	Prov. PAPUA	316,553.07	1,684,144	2,833,381	3,847,747	4,229,287	13.4

Typical characteristics of the population

• Papua is the most sparsely populated Indonesian province. The greatest population density is reached on the coasts, the mountainous region is rather sparsely populated.
• The population is made up of indigenous Papuans and Javanese and other Malays who immigrated as part of the Indonesian migration policy under the former President Suharto .
• Approx. 30 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, 1.5 percent are older than 65 years.
• 20 percent of the population over 15 years old (2015: 2.19 million) is "economically inactive" - ​​four percent of them ( unemployment rate ) are unemployed.
• There is a surplus of men across the province, with an average of 115 men for 100 women. The proportion of men is declining, in 2015 it was 111.3 and a year earlier it was 102.8.
• The majority of the population professes Christianity (64% Protestants, 25% Catholics), 21 percent profess Islam.

Others

When an Indonesian C-130 Hercules military aircraft crashed near Wamena on December 18 , 2016, all 13 crew members died.

Individual evidence

1. ^ BPS: Name of Regency / City Capital. (No longer available online.) BPS Papua, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; Retrieved July 12, 2017 (Indonesian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} BPS: MFD Online. BPS Papua, accessed July 12, 2017 (Indonesian, search for administrative units). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} BPS: Papua in Figures 2016. (No longer available online.) BPS Papua, archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Indonesian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ BPS: Population by Region, Urban / Rural, and Sex. Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
5. ↑ DKCS: Data Penduduk. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 11, 2017 ; Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Indonesian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ DKCS: Data Agregat Kependudukan Semester II Tahun 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Indonesian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38355451

Coordinates: 4 ° 0 ′  S , 140 ° 0 ′  E