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Highland Papua
Papua Pegunungan | |
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| Province of Highland Papua Provinsi Papua Pegunungan | |
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| Country |  Indonesia |
| Established | 25 July 2022 |
| Capital | Jayawijaya |
| Government | |
| • Body | Highland Papua Provincial Government |
| • Governor | John Tabo |
| • Vice Governor | Ones Pahabol |
| Area | |
• Total | 51,213.33 km2 (19,773.58 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 1,467,050 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
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| Languages | |
| • Official language | Indonesian |
| • Native languages of Highland Papua[3] | Dani, Eipomek, Hubla, Ketengban, Kimyal, Lani, Lepki, Momuna, Nduga, Ngalum, Nggem, Walak, Yali, Yetfa, and Others |
| • Also spoken | Toraja, Papuan Malay, and others |
| Demographics | |
| • Religions | Christianity 97.90% –Protestantism 90.29% –Catholicism 7.61% Islam 1.92% Traditional religion 0.15% Others 0.03%[4] |
| • Ethnic groups[3] | Native: Dani, Hupla, Ketengban, Lani, Mek, Nduga, Ngalum, Yali; Migrant: Javanese, Moluccans, Sulawesians, and others |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| HDI (2024) |  0.544[5] (38th) – (Low) |
| Website | papuapegunungan |
Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago).[6] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,467,050 according to the official estimates as at mid 2024 (comprising 783,220 males and 683,830 females).[2]
Formally established on 25 July 2022 from the central and mountainous former part of the province of Papua, it is located on the central highlands of Western New Guinea, where it is the first and only landlocked province in Indonesia. The capital of Highland Papua is in Jayawijaya Regency, in Hubikosi District.[7] The legal provision for the province's establishment was approved by the People's Representative Council on 30 June 2022, with the bill signed into Law No. 16/2022 by President Joko Widodo on 25 July, making it one of Indonesia's three then-youngest provinces alongside Central Papua and South Papua,[8] (they were subsequently joined by the even newer Southwest Papua Province). It borders Papua New Guinea to its east, South Papua to its south, Central Papua to its west (and southwest) and the residual Papua Province to its north.
- ^ Badan Informasi Geospasial, estimate as cited in Kepmendagri No. 100.1.1-6117 Year 2022
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Provinsi Papua Pegunungan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.95)
- ^ a b "La Pago" (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Badan Penghubung Daerah Provinsi Papua, Republik Indonesia [Regional Liaison Agency of Papua, Republic of Indonesia]. July 2022. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ^ "Visualisasi Data Kependudukan - Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2022" (Visual). www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Indeks Pembangunan Manusia 2024" (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Akbar, Nawir Arsyad (30 June 2022). raharjo, Agus (ed.). "Knock! DPR Approves Three Papuan Provinces Bills Become Laws". Republika (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Ditolak Warga, Lokasi Pembangunan Kantor Pemerintahan Papua Pegunungan Akhirnya Dipindah". kompas.id (in Indonesian). 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
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