Jayapura Regency

Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province of Indonesia. It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura. Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua province, it was reduced substantially in extent from 12 November 2002, when the eastern districts were split off to form a new Keerom Regency and the western districts were split off to form a new Sarmi Regency. It now covers an area of 17,516.6 km2 (but see Note (h) under table below), and had a population of 111,943 at the 2010 Census and 166,171 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 171,670. The administrative centre is the town of Sentani, which had 24,482 inhabitants in mid 2022 in the 20.562 of its town (kelurahan) area.

Administrative districts
Following the 2002 reductions in area, the existing regency comprises nineteen districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The districts listed below from Kaureh to Unurum Guay represent the inland part of the regency, in the south, while the districts listed below from Demta to Sentani Timur represent the coastal part of the regency, in the north. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 139 rural kampung and 5 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district centre). (b) formerly Nimboran Timur (East Nimboran). (c) including 9 offshore islands, including Arer, Misrow, Pane, Pan Barat, Pane Tengah, Pane Timur and Pane Ujung. (d) including 6 offshore islands, including Anai and Daido. (e) including 4 offshore islands, comprising Ku, Ounangko, Sensau and Temangtemang. (f) including 3 offshore islands, comprising Ajakua, Ajava and Inji. (g) including 3 kelurahan - Sentani Kota (town), Dobonsolo and Hinekombe, which together form a single urban area. (h) the differing parts of BPS (Indonesia's national statistics agency) have published widely different figures for the official area and mid-2023 estimated population for Jayapura Regency. The provincial-level of BPS gives an area of 14,082.21 km2 and a population of 171,670, while the regency-level of BPS gives an area of 17,516.6 km2 and a population of 202,561.

Tourism
Since end of 2014, Infote (also called Love Lake, Danau Love, Telaga Love, or Telaga Hati) has become popular as a tourist attraction. Named for its shape, the Love Lake lays in Central Sentani, which can be accessed from Keerom Regency or from Jayapura through Yoka Village.

Sport
As the 2021 edition of National Sports Week (PON) is hosted in Papua Province, Jayapura Regency is selected as one of the games venues. Lukas Enembe Stadium in Sentani Timur District was built as the 2021 PON main venue.