Boven Digoel Regency


Boven Digoel Regency is one of the regencies in the southern part of Papua Province in Indonesia. It is split off from Merauke Regency on 12 November 2002. The regency covers an area of 27,108 km2, and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 68,641. The administrative centre is the town of Tanahmerah.

Administrative districts

The regency comprises twenty districts, tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:
DistrictPopulation
2010 Census
Jair17,482
Subur1,224
Kia1,701
Mindiptana3,622
Iniyandit833
Kombut691
Sesnuk2,102

DistrictPopulation
2010 Census
Mandobo12,840
Fofi1,987
Arimop1,270
Kouh1,186
Bomakia2,196
Firiwage1,088
Manggelum1,188

DistrictPopulation
2010 Census
Yaniruma866
Kawagit1,001
Kombay1,263
Waropko1,910
Ambatkwi743
Ninati591
Totals55,784

History

was a Dutch prison camp in the Dutch East Indies at the headwaters of the river Digul, where Indonesian nationalists and communists were interned between 1928 and 1942.