Puncak Regency

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Puncak Regency
Kabupaten Puncak
Regency
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Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Emnamol Lambunik Kuatopri
(With Love Build the Top)
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Location in Central Papua
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Puncak Regency
Location in Indonesian Papua
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Puncak Regency
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°40′21″S137°26′20″E / 3.6724°S 137.4390°E / -3.6724; 137.4390
Country Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Province Central Papua
Capital Ilaga
Government
 • RegentWillem Wandik
 • Vice RegentPelinus Balinal
Area
 • Total7,396.47 km2 (2,855.79 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate) [1]
 • Total116,279
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code (+62) 901
Website puncakkab.go.id

Puncak Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua; it is not to be confused with Puncak Jaya Regency, which is within the same province, and from whose western districts those districts now forming Puncak Papua Regency were separated in 2008. It covers an area of 7,396.47 km2, and had a population of 93,218 at the 2010 Census [2] and 114,741 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 116,279. [1] The administrative centre is at Ilaga. The name of the regency is currently being changed[ needs update ] to Puncak Papua Regency. [4]

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Administrative districts

In 2010 the new Puncak Regency comprised eight districts (distrik), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census. [2]

Name of
District
(distrik)		Pop'n
2010
census
Agadugume6,478
Gome17,683
Ilaga15,287
Sinak19,745
Pogoma15,968
Wangbe5,099
Beoga10,810
Doufo2,148

By 2018 the number of districts had risen to twenty-five by the splitting of existing districts. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (all classed as rural kampung), and its postcode.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(distrik)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
2020
census		Pop'n
mid 2022
estimated		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
code
94.05.07Agandugume95.061,1911,218Agadugume798970
94.05.21Lambewi107.614,0404,128Wamiru798973
94.05.22Oneri149.88544556Jiwot698975
94.05.08Gome205.404,9145,029Gome1098963
94.05.23Amungkalpia286.133,9494,048Bela698961
94.05.24Gome Utara
(North Gome)		196.972,6602,718Welenggaru598964
94.05.25Erelmakawia246.655,1085,218Erelmakawia998962
94.05.01Ilaga42.312,4472,509Kimak998965
94.05.18Ilaga Utara
(North Ilaga)		147.928,9109,128Mayuberi998966
94.05.19Mabugi132.364,5814,681Pologobak898967
94.05.20Omukia404.858,9989,192Ondugura1498968
94.05.06Sinak94.938,9129,113Gigobak1198977
94.05.15Sinak Barat
(West Sinak)		74.13239244Bakcini798978
94.05.16Mage'abume80.865,0555,165Weni1198974
94.05.17Yugumuak29.271,9942,041Wobulo1098979
94.05.05Pogoma309.876,4696,626Pogoma998976
94.05.13Kembru237.836,9827,129Kembru798972
94.04.14Bina295.873,6863,782Bina798971
94.05.02Wangbe113.488,4528,644Wangbe1198955
94.05.12Ogamanin180.696,7736,926Ogamanin798954
94.05.03Beoga295.878,3878,579Milawak898951
94.05.10Beoga Barat
(West Beoga)		355.643,5363,620Kelmabet698952
94.05.11Beoga Timur
(East Beoga)		809.015,2205,333Kelandiruma898953
94.05.04Doufo1,009.73546558Doufo798982
94.05.09Dervos1,494.151,1481,174Dervos798981
Totals7,396.47114,741117,359Ilaga248

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  1. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Puncak Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9405)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kabupaten Puncak Resmi Ganti Nama jadi Puncak Papua". seputarpapua.com (in Indonesian). 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
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