Pegunungan Bintang Regency, or Bintang Mountains Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 15,683 km2, and had a population of 65,434 at the 2010 Census[2] and 77,872 at the 2020 Census.[3] The administrative centre is Oksibil.
Pegunungan Bintang Regency
Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang | |
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Regency | |
![]() A road in Oksibil, Pegunungan Bintang Regency | |
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Motto(s): Terip Tibo Semo Nirya | |
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Coordinates: 4.5217°S 140.2954°E / -4.5217; 140.2954 | |
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Province | Papua |
Capital | Oksibil |
Government | |
• Regent | Costan Oktemka |
• Vice Regent | Decky Deal |
Area | |
• Total | 15,683 km2 (6,055 sq mi) |
Population (2020 Census)[1] | |
• Total | 77,872 |
• Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
Area code | (+62) 975 |
Website | pegbintangkab.go.id |
Pegunungan Bintang is the Indonesian name for the Star Mountains, a mountain range that is also shared by Papua New Guinea. Similarly, Star Mountains Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea is also named after the mountain range.
The Yetfa and Murkim languages are spoken in the eponymous Yetfa and Murkim districts. Other indigenous Papuan languages of Pegunungan Bintang Regency are Lepki (Lepki-Murkim family), Kimki (isolate), Towei (Pauwasi), Emem (Pauwasi), and Burumakok (Ok, Trans-New Guinea).[4]
The Bintang Mountains Regency comprises thirty-four districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[5] and 2020 Census.[6] The table also includes the location of the districts' administrative centres.
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The number of districts increased dramatically prior to 2010, created by the division of the six original districts (whose names are given in bold above).
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Capital: Jayapura | ||
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