Jayapura Regency

Jayapura Regency Kabupaten Jayapura
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Kenambai Umbai Reimay[1] (United to Work Faithfully Towards Glory)
Location in Papua Province
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Coordinates: 3°00′00″S 139°57′00″E / 3.0000°S 139.9500°E / -3.0000; 139.9500
Country	Indonesia
Province	Papua
Capital	Sentani
Government
• Regent	Triwarno Purnomo
• Vice Regent	Vacant
Area
• Total	17,516.6 km2 (6,763.2 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[2]
• Total	171,670
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 967
Website	jayapurakab.go.id

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 2023 was 171,670.^[2] The administrative centre is the town of Sentani, which had 24,482 inhabitants in mid 2022 in the 20.56² of its town (kelurahan) area.^[5]