Boven Digoel Regency

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Boven Digoel Regency
Kabupaten Boven Digoel
Regency
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Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Nup Bagen Ngup Bagenep
(I Am Because You Are)
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Boven Digoel Regency
Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia
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Boven Digoel Regency
Boven Digoel Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5°44′24″S140°20′54″E / 5.7400°S 140.3482°E / -5.7400; 140.3482
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Province South Papua
Regency seat Tanah Merah
Government
 • RegentVacant
 • Vice RegentChaerul Anwar
Area
 • Total27,108.29 km2 (10,466.57 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
 • Total67,109
 • Density2.5/km2 (6.4/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code (+62) 975
Website bovendigoelkab.go.id

Boven Digoel Regency is an inland regency (kabupaten) in the northeastern part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. It is bordered to the south by the residual Merauke Regency, to the west by Mappi Regency, and to the north by the province of Highland Papua. At the same time, to the east lies the international border with Papua New Guinea.

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The regency covers an area of 27,108.29 km2 (10,466.57 sq mi), and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census [2] and 64,285 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 67,109. [1] The administrative centre is the town of Tanah Merah (or Persatuan kampung) in the Mandobo District.

Administrative districts

The regency comprises twenty districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (kampung) in each district, and their postcode.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(distrik)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
2010
Census		Pop'n
2020
Census		Pop'n
mid-2023
Estimate		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
code
93.02.05Jair3,061.7317,48218,17915,416Getentiri599651
93.02.15Subur2,660.091,2241,4701,603Subur599653
93.02.19Ki2,050.601,7011,7291,968Ujungkia499652
93.02.02Mindiptana448.173,6223,7994,283Mindiptana1399663
93.02.08Iniyandit379.658331,0061,133Langgoan599661
93.02.07Kombut660.936911,1351,299Kombut499662
93.02.18Sesnuk1,306.632,102918661Sesnuk599664
93.02.01Mandobo2,699.5112,84020,02722,056Tanah Merah599674
93.02.10Fofi2,466.701,9872,6902,804Makmur/Ikisi899673
93.02.09Arimop1,311.771,2701,6312,209Maju799671
93.02.04Kouh467.251,1861,0931,393Kouh399655
93.02.06Bomakia1,082.952,1962,4752,691Bomakia I599672
93.02.13Firiwage1,219.971,0888451,233Firiwage499691
93.02.12Manggelum1,289.651,1888361,032Manggelum699692
93.02.14Yaniruma1,611.048661,0251,238Yaniruma399685
93.02.20Kawagit904.231,0011,1391,306Kawagit699654
93.02.16Kombay830.911,2631,0281,212Wanggemalo599682
93.02.03Waropko1,086.971,9101,9931,824Woropko999684
93.02.11Ambatkwi1,282.38743449661Kuken599681
93.02.17Ninati287.075918181,087Ninati599683
Totals27,108.2955,78464,28567,109Tanah Merah112

History

Communist prisoners to Boven Digoel in 1927; 97 years ago (1927) Boven-Digoel.jpg
Communist prisoners to Boven Digoel in 1927;97 years ago

In the Dutch East Indies era, the present Boven Digoel Regency was known as Digul Atas (Upper Digul), located on the banks of the Digul River.

Boven-Digoel was a Dutch prison camp in the Dutch East Indies at the headwaters of the Digul River, where Indonesian nationalists and communists were interned between 1928 and 1942. Initially set to accommodate prisoners of the 1926 revolt led by the Communist Party of Indonesia, Boven-Digoel later was used as an exile for the national movement figures with a recorded number of prisoners of 1,308 people. Among the figures exiled, were Mohammad Hatta, Sutan Syahrir, Sayuti Melik, and Marco Kartodikromo.

Statue in rememberence of Muhammad Hatta near the airport and former prison building. Tugu Muhammad Hatta Boven Digoel.jpg
Statue in rememberence of Muhammad Hatta near the airport and former prison building.

When the Pacific War broke out and Japan occupied Indonesia, Boven-Digoel prisoners were evacuated by the Dutch to Australia. The transfer was based on concerns that the prisoners would rebel if they remained at Boven-Digoel. It was hoped that the Indonesians brought to Australia would help the Dutch. It turned out that these political prisoners influenced the Australian trade union to boycott the Dutch ships that landed in the country. After the Allies won, the prisoners were returned to their original places in Indonesia.

The camp was reused to imprison Indonesian nationalists from Papua during the West New Guinea dispute such as J.A. Dimara, Petrus Korwa, and Hanoch Rumbrar. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Boven Digoel Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9302)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
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