Jayapura Regency

Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province of Indonesia. It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura. Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua province, it was reduced substantially in extent from 12 November 2002, when the eastern districts were split off to form a new Keerom Regency and the western districts were split off to form a new Sarmi Regency. It now covers an area of 17,516.6 km² (but see Note (h) under table below), and had a population of 111,943 at the 2010 Census^[3] and 166,171 at the 2020 Census;^[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 171,670.^[2] The administrative centre is the town of Sentani, which had 24,482 inhabitants in mid 2022 in the 20.56² of its town (kelurahan) area.^[5]

Jayapura Regency Kabupaten Jayapura
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Kenambai Umbai Reimay[1] (United to Work Faithfully Towards Glory)
Location in Papua Province
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Coordinates: 3.0000°S 139.9500°E / -3.0000; 139.9500
Country	Indonesia
Province	Papua
Capital	Sentani
Government
• Regent	Yunus Wonda
• Vice Regent	Haris Richard Yocku
Area
• Total	17,516.6 km2 (6,763.2 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[2]
• Total	171,670
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 967
Website	jayapurakab.go.id

Administrative districts

Following the 2002 reductions in area, the existing regency comprises nineteen districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[3] and the 2020 Census,^[4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.^[5] The districts listed below from Kaureh to Unurum Guay represent the inland part of the regency, in the south, while the districts listed below from Demta to Sentani Timur represent the coastal part of the regency, in the north. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 139 rural kampung and 5 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (distrik)	Area in km2	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2022 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
91.03.11	Kaureh	4,357.9	6,165	9,517	9,829	Lapua	5	99364
91.03.16	Airu	3,099.0	897	1,104	1,091	Hulu Atas	6	99363
91.03.15	Yapsi	1,291.3	5,709	6,646	6,499	Bumi Sahaja	9	99365
91.03.05	Kemtuk	258.3	3,525	4,440	4,409	Sama	12	99366
91.03.06	Kemtuk Gresi	182.4	4,035	4,822	4,739	Hatib	12 (a)	99367
91.03.18	Gresi Selatan (South Gresi)	143.9	885	1,223	1,236	Bangai	4	99357
91.03.07	Nimboran	710.2	4,004	4,616	4,506	Tabri	14 (a)	99361
91.03.14	Nambluong (b)	193.7	2,956	3,577	3,524	Karya Bumi	9	99360
91.03.08	Nimbokrang	774.8	6,323	7,109	6,905	Nembukrang	9	99362
91.03.09	Unurum Guay	3,131.3	1,929	3,003	3,107	Garusa	6	99356
91.03.10	Demta (c)	497.5	3,126	3,427	3,313	Demta	7	99354
91.03.19	Yokari (d)	519.5	1,877	2,240	2,201	Meukisi	5	99355
91.03.03	Depapre (e)	404.3	3,784	5,097	5,127	Waiya	8	99353
91.03.17	Ravenirara (f)	467.4	1,103	1,350	1,333	Nehibe	4	99350
91.03.04	Sentani Barat (West Sentani)	192.2	4,148	5,631	5,673	Dosay	5	99358
91.03.13	Waibu	258.3	6,973	18,500	21,218	Doyo Lama	7	99368
91.03.01	Sentani	225.9	44,779	71,174	73,927	Hinekombe	10 (g)	99352
91.03.12	Ebungfao	387.4	2,443	3,030	3,000	Ebungfa	5	99351
91.03.02	Sentani Timur (East Sentani)	484.3	7,282	9,665	9,694	Nolokla	7	99359
	Totals (h)	17,516.6	111,943	166,171	171,331	Sentani	144

Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district centre). (b) formerly Nimboran Timur (East Nimboran).
(c) including 9 offshore islands, including Arer, Misrow, Pane, Pan Barat, Pane Tengah, Pane Timur and Pane Ujung. (d) including 6 offshore islands, including Anai and Daido.
(e) including 4 offshore islands, comprising Ku, Ounangko, Sensau and Temangtemang. (f) including 3 offshore islands, comprising Ajakua, Ajava and Inji.
(g) including 3 kelurahan - Sentani Kota (town), Dobonsolo and Hinekombe, which together form a single urban area.
(h) the differing parts of BPS (Indonesia's national statistics agency) have published widely different figures for the official area and mid-2023 estimated population for Jayapura Regency. The provincial-level of BPS gives an area of 14,082.21 km² and a population of 171,670, while the regency-level of BPS gives an area of 17,516.6 km² and a population of 202,561.

Tourism

Tungku Wiri hill in Waibu district, popularly known as "Teletubbies Hill" (Bukit Teletubbies)

Since end of 2014, Infote (also called Love Lake, Danau Love, Telaga Love, or Telaga Hati) has become popular as a tourist attraction. Named for its shape, the Love Lake lays in Central Sentani, which can be accessed from Keerom Regency or from Jayapura through Yoka Village.^[6]

Sport

As the 2021 edition of National Sports Week (PON) is hosted in Papua Province, Jayapura Regency is selected as one of the games venues. Lukas Enembe Stadium in Sentani Timur District was built as the 2021 PON main venue.