Boven Digoel Regency

Boven Digoel Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the southern part of Papua Province in Indonesia. It is split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. The regency covers an area of 27,108.29 km2 (10,466.57 sq mi), and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census[2] and 64,285 at the 2020 Census.[3] The administrative centre is the town of Tanahmerah.

"Boven Digoel" redirects here. For the concentration camp, see Boven-Digoel concentration camp.
Boven Digoel Regency
Kabupaten Boven Digoel
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Nup Bagen Ngup Bagenep
(I Am Because You Are)
Boven Digoel Regency
Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia
Boven Digoel Regency
Boven Digoel Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5.7400°S 140.3482°E / -5.7400; 140.3482
CountryIndonesia
ProvincePapua
CapitalTanahmerah
Government
 • RegentVacant
 • Vice RegentChaerul Anwar
Area
 • Total27,108.29 km2 (10,466.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total64,285
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code(+62) 975
Websitebovendigoelkab.go.id

Administrative districts

The regency comprises twenty districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[4] and the 2020 Census.[5] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres and the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district.

DistrictArea
in km2		Population
2010 Census		Population
2020 Census		Admin
centre		No. of
villages
Jair3,061.7317,48218,179Getentiri5
Subur2,660.091,2241,470Subur5
Ki2,050.601,7011,729Ujung Kia4
Mindiptana448.173,6223,799Mindiptana13
Iniyandit379.658331,006Langgoan5
Kombut660.936911,135Kombut4
Sesnukt1,306.632,102918Sesnukt5
Mandobo2,699.5112,84020,027Tanahmerah5
Fofi2,466.701,9872,690Makmur/Ikisi8
Arimop1,311.771,2701,631Maju7
Kouh467.251,1861,093Kouh3
Bomakia1,082.952,1962,475Bomakia5
Firiwage1,219.971,088845Firiwage4
Manggelum1,289.651,188836Manggelum6
Yaniruma1,611.048661,025Yaniruma3
Kawagit904.231,0011,139Kawagit6
Kombay830.911,2631,028Wanggemalo5
Waropko1,086.971,9101,993Waropko9
Ambatkwi1,282.38743449Kuken5
Ninati287.07591818Ninati5
Totals27,108.2955,78464,285Tanahmerah112

History
Communist prisoners to Boven Digoel in 1927 (1927)

In the Dutch East Indies era, the present Boven Digoel Regency was known as Digul Atas (Upper Digul), located on the banks of the Digul River.

Boven-Digoel was a Dutch prison camp in the Dutch East Indies at the headwaters of the Digul River, where Indonesian nationalists and communists were interned between 1928 and 1942. Initially set to accommodate prisoners of the 1926 revolt led by the Communist Party of Indonesia, Boven-Digoel later was used as an exile for the national movement figures with a recorded number of prisoners of 1,308 people. Among the figures who had been exiled there were Mohammad Hatta, Sutan Syahrir, Sayuti Melik, and Marco Kartodikromo.

When the Pacific War broke out and Japan occupied Indonesia, Boven-Digoel prisoners were evacuated by the Dutch to Australia. The transfer was based on concerns that the prisoners would rebel if they remained at Boven-Digoel. It was hoped that the Indonesians brought to Australia would help the Dutch. It turned out that these political prisoners influenced the Australian trade union to boycott the Dutch ships that landed in the country. After the Allies succeeded in winning, the prisoners were returned to their original places in Indonesia.

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.


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