Jayapura

city in Papua Province, Indonesia
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Summary

Jayapura is a city of Indonesia[1]. Jayapura ranks in the top 7% of city of indonesia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,012 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Papua[3]
  • Country: Indonesia[4]
  • Instance of: Kotamadya[5]
  • Shares border with: Jayapura[6], Keerom[7]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: North Jayapura[8], Muara Tami[9], South Jayapura[10], Abepura[11], Heram[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: San José[13], Puerto Princesa[14], Songkhla[15]
  • Legislative body: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Kota Jayapura[16]
  • Executive body: Q114187293[17]
  • Highest judicial authority: Pengadilan Negeri Jayapura[18]
  • Commons category: Jayapura[19]
  • Inception: March 7, 1910[20], August 2, 1993[21]
  • Significant event: boundary change[22]
  • Separated from: Jayapura[23]
  • Official website: http://www.jayapurakota.go.id/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jayapura[25]
  • Population: 315,872[26], 413,283[27]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Jayapura[28]
  • Replaces: Jayapura[29]
  • Capital of: Papua[30], Netherlands New Guinea[31], Republic of West Papua[32]
  • Official name: Kota Jayapura[33]
  • Motto text: Prasetya Adi Karya[34]
  • Category for people born here: Q32420586[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Q134596308[36]
  • Statistics Indonesia area code: 9471[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jayapura[38]

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Physical Characteristics

Jayapura covers an area of 940,000,000 m²[39]. Jayapura sits at an elevation of 287 m[40].

Why It Matters

Jayapura has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Jayapura is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 1993. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 1993. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 1993. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 1993. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The Master Book of Indonesian Territory Data 2015. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 1993. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 1969. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . sig.bps.go.id. Retrieved . sig.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of korea id → KSH2004018589
    Sitelink count → 77
    Executive body → Q114187293
    Highest judicial authority → Pengadilan Negeri Jayapura
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  2. 8w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Kota Jayapura
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  3. 13w ago · Wowo2024 · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': -2.5425, 'lon': 140.7044788888889}
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  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 24w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
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    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+287'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+940000000'}
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