Puncak Regency

Puncak Regency
Kabupaten Puncak
Airport in Beoga
Airport in Beoga
Coat of arms of Puncak Regency
Motto(s): 
Emnamol Lambunik Kuatopri
(With Love Build the Top)
Location in Central Papua
Location in Central Papua
Puncak Regency is located in Western New Guinea
Puncak Regency
Puncak Regency
Location in Indonesian Papua
Puncak Regency is located in Indonesia
Puncak Regency
Puncak Regency
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°40′21″S 137°26′20″E / 3.6724°S 137.4390°E / -3.6724; 137.4390
Country Indonesia
ProvinceCentral Papua
CapitalIlaga
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 zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code(+62) 901
Websitepuncakkab.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]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Puncak Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9405)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ 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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