Moanemani is a village in the Kamu district of the

Dogiyai Regency Dogiyai Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 7,052.92 km2 (revised from 4,237.4 km2), and had a population of 84,230 at the 2010 Census and 116,206 at the 2020 Census; t ...

Central Papua Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province ( id, Provinsi Papua Tengah) is an Indonesian province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 11 November 2022 from the former eight western regencie ...

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. It is located in the fertile Kamu Valley, a dry lake bed west of the Paniai lakes region. The indigenous residents are speakers of Mee. Moanemani is a major center for coffee production in Papua. There is a local airport named the Moanamani airport.

State conflict

In September 2012, the

Indonesian army The Indonesian Army ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD), ) is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,000 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its r ...

swept through the local area in search of a

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leader. Witnesses reported that troops forced villagers to shave and warned them to wear clean and new clothing. In May 2014, a truck ran over a group of church pilgrims, critically wounding three. The truck driver took refuge in the local Moanemani Brimob post. Riots ensued demanding the state release of the truck driver, although police refused.

Climate

Moanemani has a

subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...

(Cfb) with heavy rainfall year-round.

References

{{reflist Villages in Central Papua