Mimika Regency

Mimika Regency Kabupaten Mimika
Regency
A high school in Timika
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Bersatu Membangun (Unite to Build)
Location in Central Papua
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Coordinates: 4°32′37″S 136°33′56″E / 4.5436°S 136.5656°E / -4.5436; 136.5656
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Papua
Capital	Timika
Government
• Regent	Johannes Rettob (PDI-P)
• Vice Regent	Emanuel Kemong
• Legislature	Mimika Regency House of Representatives
Area 1
• Total	21,693.51 km2 (8,375.91 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2025 estimate)2
• Total	320,839
• Density	14.7896/km2 (38.3050/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 901
Website	mimikakab.go.id

Mimika Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 21,693.51 km², and had a population of 182,001 at the 2010 Census,³ which grew to 311,969 at the 2020 Census.⁴ The official estimate as of mid 2025 was 320,839 (comprising 168,793 males and 152,046 females).² The administrative centre is the town of Timika, which lies within Mimika Baru District with 145,611 inhabitants in mid 2025.¹

The regency covers the entire south coast of its province (the only other coastal regency of Central Papua is Nabire Regency, covering the north coast of the province). The western half of this southern coastline, identified as "West Mimika" in the table below, forms the coastal access to the landlocked regencies to its north - Deiyai Regency and Dogiyai Regency. During the 2020s, Mimika was involved in a border dispute with neighboring Deiyai and Dogiyai regencies, resulting in the Kapiraya conflict.⁵

On 8 October 1996, the Minister of Home Affairs in Jayapura designated Mimika as an Administrative District. After being formed into an Administrative Regency, the District area was determined to consist of: Mimika Timur (East Mimika) District, Mimika Barat (West Mimika) District, Agimuga District, and the expansion area of Mimika Baru District which is domiciled in Timika. After approximately 4 (four) years of the implementation of the Administrative Regency administration, on 18 March 2000, the change of status from Administrative District to Definitive Regency was inaugurated by the Governor of Papua Province, Drs. JP Salossa, M.Si based on Law No.45 of 1999.

Mimika Regency in 2010 comprised twelve districts (distrik); by 2018 the number of districts had risen to eighteen, all of which are tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census³ and the 2020 Census,⁴ as well as the official estimates as at mid 2025.² The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages within each district (totaling 133 rural kampung and 19 urban kelurahan) within each district, and its postcode. This includes Distrik Mimika Barat Tengah (Central West Mimika District) with Indonesia's highest postal code of 99976.

Note: (a) the 2010 population is included in the figure for Mimika Barat District, from which it was split off. (b) including one kelurahan - the District admin centre as named.
(c) comprising 11 kelurahan (Dingo Narama, Kebun Sirih, Koperapoka, Kwamki, Otomona, Pasar Sentral, Perintis, Sempan, Timika Indah, Timika Jaya and Wanagon) and 3 desa.
(d) the 2010 population is included in the figure for the district from which it was split off.
(e) comprising 3 kelurahan (Inauga, Kamoro Jaya and Wonosari Jaya) and 4 desa.
(f) including 2 kelurahan (Karang Senang and Kuala Kencana).