Puncak Jaya Regency


Puncak Jaya Regency is one of the regencies in Papua Province, Indonesia. It is an inland highland regency, lying directly east of Paniai Regency and west of Jayawijaya Regency and Tolikara Regency. As of 2004, it was reported that these four regencies had a population that is 93–97% ethnic Papua; however this included areas which have subsequently been formed into new regencies.
An additional regency - simply named Puncak Regency - has been created within the area of Puncak Jaya Regency. The residual Puncak Jaya Regency covers an area of 4,989.51 km2, and had a population of 101,148 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 124,461.
The capital of the regency is Mulia.
According to a 2009 profile in Indonesia's Tempo magazine, Puncak Jaya had sixteen districts and 147 villages, and 147,000 residents; however this did not take account of the fact that under the Law No. 7/2008, eight of these districts had already been removed from Puncak Jaya Regency and formed into a separate Puncak Regency in 2008. The 2010 Census revealed a population of 101,148 in the residual Puncak Jaya Regency, and the latest estimate is 124,461. It is a difficult ten-hour drive from Wamena to the mostly undeveloped regency. Separatists in the Free Papua Movement are active in the area.
Puncak Jaya, a mountain peak, is the highest mountain in Indonesia - and in fact the highest anywhere between the Andes and the Himalayas.

Administrative Districts

The existing regency comprises eight districts, tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:
DistrictPopulation
2010 Census
Fawi3,420
Mulia22,278
Mewoluk5,189
Yamo13,161
Ilu18,344
Torere6,710
Jigonikme8,040
Tingginambut24,006

Towns included