Mimika Regency
Mimika Regency
Kabupaten Mimika | |
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A high school in Timika | |
| Motto(s): Bersatu Membangun (Unite to Build) | |
Location in Central Papua | |
Location in Indonesian Papua Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 4°32′37″S 136°33′56″E / 4.5436°S 136.5656°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Central Papua |
| Capital | Timika |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Johannes Rettob (PDI-P) |
| • Vice Regent | Emanuel Kemong |
| • Legislature | Mimika Regency House of Representatives |
| Area | |
• Total | 21,693.51 km2 (8,375.91 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 492,896 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 901 |
| Website | mimikakab |
Mimika Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 21,693.51 km2, and had a population of 182,001 at the 2010 Census, which grew to 311,969 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as of mid-2024 was 492,896 - a 58% gain from 2020. The administrative centre is the town of Timika, which lies within Mimika Baru District, which had 143,367 inhabitants in mid-2023 but this figure officially more than doubled to 318,679 in mid 2024. The regency covers the entire south coast of its province. The only other coastal regency of Central Papua is Nabire Regency, covering the north coast.