Tembagapura
Tembagapura District
Distrik Tembagapura | |
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The town of Tembagapura. The building on the extreme left is a Freeport engineering office, the buildings in the middle and on the right are accommodation blocks. | |
Location in Central Papua Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 4°8′34″S 137°5′26″E / 4.14278°S 137.09056°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Central Papua |
| Regency | Mimika Regency |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,586.86 km2 (998.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,900 m (6,200 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 23,022 (2,020 Census) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (IEST) |
| Area code | (+62) 901 |
Tembagapura is a district in Mimika Regency, part of the Indonesian province of Central Papua, centered on an urban village built to support the Grasberg Mine. The district covers 2,586.86 km2, and it had a population of 16,917 at the 2010 Census and 23,022 at the 2020 Census.
The central town was established as a company town by Freeport-McMoran in the late 1960s.