Bintang Mountains Regency

Bintang Mountains Regency

*Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang*
Bintang Mountains Regency Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang
Regency
	A road in Oksibil, Pegunungan Bintang Regency
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Terip Tibo Semo Nirya; (Let's Rise to Build Together)
	Location in Highland Papua
	Bintang Mountains Regency Location in Indonesian Papua Bintang Mountains Regency Location in Indonesia
	Coordinates: 4°31′18″S 140°17′43″E / 4.5217°S 140.2954°E / -4.5217; 140.2954
Country	Indonesia
Province	Highland Papua
Seat	Oksibil
Government
• Regent	Spei Yan Bidana [id]
• Vice Regent	Piter Kalakmabin [id]
Area
• Total	15,683 km2 (6,055 sq mi)
Population (mid 2022 estimate)
• Total	78,466
• Density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 975
Website	pegbintangkab.go.id

Pegunungan Bintang Regency or Bintang Mountains Regency is a regency in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It was created on 11 December 2002 from the north-eastern districts of Jayawijaya Regency. 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 official estimate as at mid 2022 was 78,466 - comprising 42,362 males and 36,104 females.^[1] The administrative centre is the town of Oksibil.

Name

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 same mountain range.

Languages

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]

Administrative Districts

The Bintang Mountains Regency comprises thirty-four districts (distrik), tabulated below with their current areas and their populations within those current areas at the 2010 Census^[2] and 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.^[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (kampung) in each district, and its post code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (distrik)	Area in km²	Pop'n 2010 Census	Pop'n 2020 Census	Pop'n mid 2022 Estimate	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
95.02.04	Iwur	833	2,279	1,530	1,554	Iwur	10	99432
95.02.17	Kawor	835	1,084	790	798	Arintap	7	99433
95.02.19	Tarup	470	1,235	1,130	1,146	Tarup	7	99434
95.02.18	Awinbon	872	517	730	733	Awinbon	5	99431
95.02.01	Oksibil	248	4,087	6,410	6,537	Mabilabol	8	99415
95.02.09	Pepera	196	1,173	1,560	1,579	Pepera	7	99417
95.02.11	Alemson	476	2,021	3,070	3,915	Alemson	12	99411
95.02.15	Serambakon	265	1,935	3,900	3,108	Wanbakon	8	99418
95.02.13	Kalomdol	124	1,185	2,030	2,067	Dabolding	5	99412
95.02.14	Oksop	317	1,948	2,170	2,182	Oksop	5	99416
95.02.24	Oksebang	22	611	670	684	Kubiphkop	4	99427
95.02.12	Okbape	246	799	1,210	1,221	Bape	6	99414
95.02.16	Ok Aom	133	1,222	1,310	1,324	Bulankop	6	99413
95.02.06	Borme	602	2,845	5,920	5,940	Borme	13	99452
95.02.10	Bime	726	3,922	6,910	6,936	Turwe	10	99451
95.02.32	Eipumek	306	4,071	2,070	2,079	Eipumek	14	99453
95.02.27	Weime	261	2,529	1,340	1,347	Weime	9	99446
95.02.33	Pamek	204	1,876	1,430	1,437	Pamek	11	99454
95.02.34	Nongme	526	2,042	1,020	1,025	Nongme	7	99445
95.02.26	Batani	833	1,401	1,330	1,333	Batani	7	99441
95.02.03	Okbibab	237	1,918	3,640	3,662	Abmisibil	12	99403
95.02.08	Aboy	1,054	975	1,180	1,189	Aboy	7	99401
95.02.25	Okbab	617	3,390	4,210	4,234	Borban	12	99403
95.02.31	Teiraplu	1,469	1,356	2,020	2,029	Teiraplu	10	99405
95.02.30	Jefta	330	611	870	873	Jefta	6	99402
95.02.02	Kiwirok	254	2,679	3,020	3,036	Polobakon	12	99421
95.02.07	Kiwirok Timur (East Kiwirok)	404	1,942	2,430	2,443	Okyop	9	99422
95.02.20	Okhika	91	1,318	1,690	1,698	Okelwel	4	99424
95.02.22	Oklip	46	1,640	2,110	2,123	Oklip	7	99425
95.02.21	Oksamol	267	2,322	2,740	2,750	Tinibil	12	99426
95.02.04	Batom	476	4,144	4,050	4,067	Batom	11	99442
95.02.28	Murkim	359	675	810	814	Bias	4	99444
95.02.19	Mofinop	811	1,128	1,010	1,017	Mot	5	99443
95.02.23	Okbemtau	769	2,554	1,580	1,586	Okngam	9	99423
	Totals	15,683	65,434	77,872	78,466	Oksibil	277

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 and are numbered from 95.02.01 to 95.02.06). The 28 new districts (numbered from 95.02.07 to 95.02.34) are shown as follows:

Kawor, Tarup, and Awinbon were created from parts of Iwur District
Pepera, Alemsom, Serambakon, Kolomdol, Oksop, Ok Sebang (formerly Sebang), Ok Bape, and Ok Aon were created from parts of Oksibil District
Bime, Epumek, Weime, Pamek, Nongme, and Batani were created from parts of Borme District
Aboy, Okbab, Teiraplu, and Yefta were created from parts of Okbi District
East Kiwirok, Okhika, Oklip, and Oksamol (formerly Warasamo) were created from parts of Kiwirok District
Murkim, Mofinop, and Okbemta were created from parts of Batom District

References

^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9502)
^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

External links

Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)

[Badan_Pusat_Statistik_2023-1] Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9502)

[Biro_Pusat_Statistik_2011-2] Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.

[Badan_Pusat_Statistik_2021-3] Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

[Ethnologue22-ID-4] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.