Jayapura Regency

Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province of Indonesia. It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura. Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua province, it was reduced substantially in extent from 12 November 2002, when the eastern districts were split off to form a new Keerom Regency and the western districts were split off to form a new Sarmi Regency. It now covers an area of 17,516.6 km² (but see Note (h) under table below), and had a population of 111,943 at the 2010 Census^[3] and 166,171 at the 2020 Census;^[4] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 203,772 (comprising 105,242 males and 98,530 females).^[2] The administrative centre is the town of Sentani, which had 26,518 inhabitants in mid 2024 in the 20.56² of its town (kelurahan) area.^[5]

Tras las reducciones de superficie de 2002, la regencia actual comprende diecinueve distritos ( distrik ), tabulados a continuación con sus superficies y poblaciones en el Censo de 2010 ^{[ 3 ]} y el Censo de 2020, ^{[ 4 ]} junto con las estimaciones oficiales a mediados de 2024. ^{[ 2 ]} Los doce distritos enumerados a continuación desde Kaureh hasta Yokari representan la parte interior de la regencia, en el oeste y el sur (aunque los distritos de Demta y Yokari están en la costa), mientras que los siete distritos enumerados a continuación desde Depapre hasta Sentani Timur representan la parte costera de la regencia y el área que incluye el lago Sentani y las montañas Cyclops en el noreste más densamente poblado. La tabla también incluye la ubicación de los centros administrativos de distrito, el número de aldeas administrativas en cada distrito (un total de 139 kampung rurales y 5 kelurahan urbanos ) y su código postal.

Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district centre). (b) formerly Nimboran Timur (East Nimboran). (c) including 9 offshore islands, including Arer, Misrow, Pane, Pan Barat, Pane Tengah, Pane Timur and Pane Ujung. (d) including 6 offshore islands, including Anai and Daido. (e) including 4 offshore islands, comprising Ku, Ounangko, Sensau and Temangtemang. (f) including 3 offshore islands, comprising Ajakua, Ajava and Inji. (g) including 3 kelurahan - Sentani Kota (town), Dobonsolo and Hinekombe, which together form a single urban area with 69,045 inhabitants in mid 2024. (h) the differing parts of BPS (Indonesia's national statistics agency) have published widely different figures for the official area and mid-2024 estimated population for Jayapura Regency. The provincial-level of BPS gives an area of 14,082.21 km² and a population of 171,670, while the regency-level of BPS gives an area of 17,516.6 km² and a population of 203,772.

Since end of 2014, Infote (also called Love Lake, Danau Love, Telaga Love, or Telaga Hati) has become popular as a tourist attraction. Named for its shape, the Love Lake lays in Central Sentani, which can be accessed from Keerom Regency or from Jayapura through Yoka Village.^[6]

As the 2021 edition of National Sports Week (PON) is hosted in Papua Province, Jayapura Regency is selected as one of the games venues. Lukas Enembe Stadium in Sentani Timur District was built as the 2021 PON main venue.

• Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)