Wamena
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Wamena, also known as the District of Wamena (Distrik Wamena), is a large town in the Western New Guinea region of Indonesia. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in the province of Highland Papua, located in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 in the 2020 Census; the official estimate in mid 2023 was 66,080. Wamena is the urban centre of a rural area housing Highland Papua's highest concentration of population, with over 300,000 people inhabiting the Baliem Valley and surrounding areas. These people belong to several related ethnic groups, the
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wamena is referenced by 116 other articles, and connects out to regency of Indonesia, Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Districts of Highland Papua, Populated places in Highland Papua and Provincial capitals in Indonesia.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wamena
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town (District) and regency seat
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wamena, Papua, Indonesia 2019 09.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Wamena in 2019
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Indonesia Highland Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia
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- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Highland Papua##Location in Indonesian Papua##Location in Indonesia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Regency
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Highland Papua
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jayawijaya Regency
- Settlement.population_as_of
- mid 2023 estimate
- Settlement.population_total
- 66080
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- capital of regency
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Jayawijaya
- Population
- 41844
- Capital of
- Jayawijaya
- Image
- Wamena, Papua, Indonesia 2019 09.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wamena
- topic's main category
- Category:Wamena, Jayawijaya
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 9402110
- name
- Wamena
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Wamena, also known as the District of Wamena (Distrik Wamena), is a large town in the Western New Guinea region of Indonesia. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in the province of Highland Papua, located in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 in the 2020 Census; the official estimate in mid 2023 was 66,080. Wamena is the urban centre of a rural area housing Highland Papua's highest concentration of population, with over 300,000 people inhabiting the Baliem Valley and surrounding areas. These people belong to several related ethnic groups, the most prominent of which are the Dani, Lani, and Yali.
The town is also home to the Persiwa Wamena football team, which played in the Indonesian Super League until the early 2010s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wamena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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