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Tolikara Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n province of
Highland Papua Highland Papua ( id, Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,408,641 according to the official es ...
. It covers an area of 14,564 km2, and had a population of 114,427 at the 2010 Census and 239,543 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 242,293. The administrative centre of Tolikara Regency is the town of Karubaga.


Administrative Districts

Tolikara Regency in 2010 comprised 35 districts (''distrik''), but the number of districts was increased (by 2018) to 46, subdivided into 545 administrative villages. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021. The districts have the same names as their administrative centres, except for Wakuo (centre, Wonitu), Wunin (centre, Wurineri), Bewani (centre, Bilubaga) and Kai (centre, Kaiga) Districts. The table also includes the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code. Notes: (a) the 2010 population of the areas now forming these new districts are included in the figures for the districts from which they were subsequently cut out. Since 2010, the former districts of Dorman (which had 171 inhabitants in 2010) and Sbey (which had 111 inhabitants in 2010) have ceased to exist, while thirteen new districts have been created, which are: Aweku, Bogonuk, Lianogoma, Biuk, Anawi, Wugi, Wenam, Kai, Tagime, Danime, Yuko, Telenggeme and Gika.


History

The VI Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad took place in Tolikara in November–December 2010.The VI Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad
/ref> The regency was the scene of a riot against Muslims during Eid prayer in 2015.


Climate

Karubaga has a cool
tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...
(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.


References


External links


Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
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