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Central Papua

Indonesian province in central Western New Guinea, established in 2022.

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Central Papua

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Coordinates: 4°00′00″S 136°00′00″E (-4.0000, 136.0000) · Open in OpenStreetMap

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Central Papua is an Indonesian province in the central region of Western New Guinea, formally established on 25 July 2022 from eight former regencies of Papua province.[1] It covers 61,079.59 km² and had an estimated population of 1,492,290 in mid 2025.[2] Wanggar District in Nabire Regency serves as the location for the administrative capital, but Timika, situated in Mimika Regency, has a larger population.[3]

Geography and history

The province was formally created when President Joko Widodo passed Law Number 15 of Year 2022 on 25 July 2022.[4] The capital location in Nabire was chosen after debate, with Mimika and Puncak regencies favoring Timika while six other regencies wanted Nabire.[5][6] The area is traditionally called Mee Pago – Saireri, and the province's boundaries generally align with that cultural region.[3][7] In the interior, ethnic groups like the Mee (also called Ekari) and Moni traditionally engage in tuber cultivation, pig raising, and fishing for their livelihood.[8]

Western explorers from the British Ornithologists' Union expedition, which took place from 1909 to 1911, were the first outsiders to encounter these communities.[8] While flying over the highlands in the 1930s, Dutch pilot Frits Wissel spotted three large lakes that were home to the Mee people.[8]

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The Mee tribe's traditional emawa house is built on stilts with three sections: an attic, a middle room with a bed and fire pit, and the ground level beneath.[9][10] Cooperation among the Kamoro villages arose from a local shortage of sago, and they used canoes and firearms, obtained through trade, to intimidate more fertile areas.[11][12] Puncak Jaya was first climbed in 1936 by the Carstensz expedition under the leadership of Anton Colijn, and during this expedition, geologist Jean Jacques Dozy identified substantial copper deposits at a site that would later be called Ertsberg.[13][14] Freeport Indonesia's projects included the construction of Amamapare Port within the Kamoro Tribe's territory and the establishment of the Kuala Kencana settlement, which was finished in 1995.[13][14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Santoso, "DPR Sahkan RUU DOB, Papua Kini Punya 3 Provinsi Baru: Papua Selatan, Papua Tengah Dan Papua Pegunungan", suara.com, 2022-06-30; Utama, "Usai RUU DOB Papua Disahkan, Ini Perintah Mendagri Buat Bupati Papua Selatan : Okezone Nasional", Nasional Okezone, 2022-06-30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Provinsi Papua Tengah Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.94) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Saudila, "Kemendagri RI Menuntaskan Lahan Pusat Pemerintahan Propinsi Papua Tengah", RRI.co.id, 10 February 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Erwanti, "Jokowi Teken UU Pembentukan 3 Provinsi Baru Papua", detikcom, 2022-07-29; Saudila, "Kemendagri RI Menuntaskan Lahan Pusat Pemerintahan Propinsi Papua Tengah", RRI.co.id, 10 February 2023; Saudila, "Pemprov Papua Tengah Merencanakan Pembangunan Bandara Wanggar Nabire", rri.co.id, 2023-05-11; Bisay, "Proyek Bandara Wanggar di Nabire terancam mangkrak", jubi.id, 2022-04-22; "Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara", Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "7 Kepala Daerah Inginkan Papua Tengah", kumparan.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ""Ibarat Mau Berburu Babi Hutan, Dapat Tikus Tanah pun Harus Disyukuri"", Cepos Online, 2022-06-30; ""Ibarat Mau Berburu Babi Hutan, Dapat Tikus Tanah pun Harus Disyukuri"", Cepos Online, 2022-06-30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Profil Provinsi Papua Tengah Halaman all", KOMPAS.com, 2022-07-02 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rawling, "The Land of the New Guinea Pygmies: An Account of the Story of a Pioneer Journey of Exploration Into the Heart of New Guinea", J.B. Lippincott, 1913 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tekege, "ARSITEKTUR RUMAH ADAT LAKI-LAKI JAME OWAA SUKU MEE", Jurnal Arkeologi Papua, 2021, p. 115–128 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Martinus Tekege, "ARSITEKTUR RUMAH ADAT LAKI-LAKI JAME OWAA SUKU MEE", Jurnal Penelitian Arkeologi Papua dan Papua Barat (2021), doi:10.24832/papua.v13i1.305. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harple, "Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)", openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Todd S. Harple, "Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)", ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (2000), doi:10.25911/5d7a29e964c71. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Central Papua" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sejarah Kami: Latar Belakang Sejarah PTFI", ptfi.co.id; Paramma, "Dampak Keberadaan PT.Freeport lndonesia Terhadap Tingkat Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat Suku Amungme Dan Suku Kamoro di Kabupaten", Jurnal JENDELA - Universitas Sains Dan Teknologi Jayapura, 2013; "Forbes Kingsbury Wilson - 2005 Inductee from Mining's Past", Mining Foundation of the Southwest (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  14. "Sejarah Kami: Latar Belakang Sejarah PTFI", ptfi.co.id. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org

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