Mappi Regency

Mappi Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of South Papua. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it had been a component part) on 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 25,609.94 km2, and had a population of 81,658 at the 2010 Census and 108,295 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 110,291 (comprising 56,873 males and 53,418 females). The administrative centre is the town of Kepi.

Administrative districts
Mappi Regency in 2010 comprised ten districts (distrik). However, by 2015 the number of districts had been increased to fifteen; the five additional districts that had been created since 2010 were Bamgi, Passue Bawah, Syahcame, Ti Zain and Yakomi.

The districts are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and that of 2020, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 162 rural kampung and 2 urban kelurahan - the latter being the towns of Kepi in Obaa District, and Bade in Edera District), and its post code.

Note: (a) the 2010 populations of these areas were included in the figures for the original districts from which they were cut out. (b) the town of Kepi covered 13.6 km2 with 8,394 inhabitants at the 2020 Census.