Kepi is a town in South Papua, Indonesia, serving as the administrative center of Mappi Regency since the regency was created in 2002. The town sits on the Obaa River amid swampy, tropical terrain, and functions as a regional hub, reached by air through Kepi Airport and by river routes connecting to the wider Digul and Mappi river systems. Its 2020 census population was 8,394.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Longitude139.316667 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kepi, Indonesia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: Population (2020 Census)
(2020 Census) - Total 8,394
Infobox: area_total_km2
13.6
Infobox: coordinates
6 degrees 32 minutes S 139 degrees 19 minutes E
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1946' on 'Kepi, Indonesia'
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -6.5333,139.3167
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 15.0
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 -6.75, 139.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.75, 139.25
-6.75 139.25 Af
4. GeoNames: Kepi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1640293, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.15 km)Quote, cities500 record 1640293, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.15 km)
-6.52461 139.32224 P PPLA2 ID PS 9414 8394 12 Asia/Jayapura
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