Boven Digoel Regency

Boven Digoel Regency (Kabupaten Boven Digoel)
Regency
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Coordinates: 6°S 140°E / 6°S 140°ECoordinates: 6°S 140°E / 6°S 140°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Papua
Capital	Tanahmerah
Area
• Total	27,108 km^2 (10,466 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	68,641
• Density	2.5/km^2 (6.6/sq mi)

Boven Digoel Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the southern part of Papua province of Indonesia. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. The regency covers an area of 27,108 km², and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census;^[2] the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 68,641. The administrative centre is the town of Tanahmerah.

Administrative districts

The regency comprises twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:^[3]

District Population 2010 Census Jair 17,482 Subur 1,224 Kia 1,701 Mindiptana 3,622 Iniyandit 833 Kombut 691 Sesnuk 2,102

District Population 2010 Census Mandobo 12,840 Fofi 1,987 Arimop 1,270 Kouh 1,186 Bomakia 2,196 Firiwage 1,088 Manggelum 1,188

District Population 2010 Census Yaniruma 866 Kawagit 1,001 Kombay 1,263 Waropko 1,910 Ambatkwi 743 Ninati 591 Totals 55,784

History

Boven-Digoel 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.

References

1. Statistik Boven Digoel Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., (Indonesian) retrieved 10 May 2010
2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.