Nabire Regency is one of the
regencies (''kabupaten'') in the
Indonesia
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n province of
Central Papua
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province () is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 25 July 2022 from the former eight western regencies of ...
. It covers an area of 12,075.00 km
2, and had a population of 129,893 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 169,136 at the 2020 Census, comprising 87,688 males and 81,448 females.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 178,006.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Nabire Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9404)] The town of
Nabire, which faces onto
Cenderawasih Bay
Cenderawasih Bay (, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay () and formerly Geelvink Bay (), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia.
Geography
''Cenderawasih Bay'' is a lar ...
, is the
administrative headquarters of the regency as well as the capital of the province.
Administrative Districts
In 2010 Nabire Regency comprised fourteen
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
(''distrik''), but a fifteenth district - Moora Islands (''Kepulauan Moora'') - has been added since 2010 by the splitting of the islands away from Napan District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Nabire Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9404)] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 72 rural ''kampung'' and 9 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter all in Nabire (town) District), and its postal codes.
Note: (a) includes
Anggrameos Island in Cenderawasih Bay. (b) comprises 9 ''kelurahan'' (Girimulyo, Kali Bobo, Karang Mulia, Karang Tumaritis, Morgo, Nabarua, Oyehe, Siriwini and Wonorejo) and 3 ''desa''.
(c) at the time of the 2010 Census, the Moora Islands were included in Napan District, but the figures have been separated in this table.
(d) The Moora Islands comprise the villages (''desa'') of Arui (25.18 km
2, with 201 inhabitants in 2020), Hariti (2.62 km
2, 288 inhabitants in 2020), Kama (5.71 km
2, 283 inhabitants in 2020), Mambor (3.51 km
2, 552 inhabitants in 2020) and Moor (4.67 km
2, 259 inhabitants in 2020).
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
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Regencies of Central Papua