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Jayapura

South-eastern Asia

Jayapura is a city in the province of Papua in Indonesia. Indonesia treats it as a city (kota) at the regency level, and the figures compiled by City Population count 398,478 inhabitants at the 2020 census, against 256,705 at the 2010 census. GeoNames places Jayapura at latitude -2.53371 and longitude 140.71813, about 11 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, in the Asia/Jayapura time zone of the IANA database, which is UTC+9. GeoNames records Jayapura as the seat of a first-order administrative division, which makes it the provincial capital of Papua. GeoNames carries its own population figure of 410,852. The atlas places it in the South-eastern Asia subregion of Asia.

Facts
Population
398,478 1
Population
410,852 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
11 2
Latitude
2.53371 degrees south 2
Longitude
140.71813 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+09:00 2
Connections

Capital Of

Papua, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Jayapura
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Indonesia: Administrative Division
citypopulation.de
  • Cities table, census of 2020-09-15
    Kota Jayapura City 197,396 256,705 282,766 398,478
  • Cities table, census column 2020-09-15
    Kota Jayapura City 197,396 256,705 282,766 398,478
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2. GeoNames: Jayapura
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 410,852
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 11 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Asia/Jayapura
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -2.53371, 140.71813
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 11 m
  • Part Of: Indonesia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • On Continent: Asia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Asia > Indonesia ID
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • Capital Of: Papua, Feature code
    Feature code P PPLA
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-2.75 140.75 Af
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