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Jayapura
City
City of Jayapura
Kota Jayapura
Jayapura vew.jpg
Youtefa Bridge.jpg
Jayapura Bay - panoramio.jpg
Mal Jayapura.jpg
Swissbel papua.JPG
From top, left to right: Panoramic view of Jayapura, Youtefa Bridge, Port of Jayapura, Mal Jayapura, and Swiss-Belhotel Jayapura.
Official seal of Jayapura
Seal
Motto(s): 
Prasetya Adi Karya
(Determination to create the best work)
Location within Papua
Location within Papua
Jayapura is located in Indonesia
Jayapura
Jayapura
Location in Indonesia
Country  Indonesia
Province Papua
Founded 7 March 1910 (as Hollandia)
Incorporated 2 August 1993
Area
 • Total 935.92 km2 (361.36 sq mi)
Elevation
287 m (942 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 315,872
Time zone UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code (+62) 967
Climate Af
HDI Increase 0.801 (Very High)

Jayapura is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua.

Jayapura is the fourth largest city by economy in Eastern Indonesia—after Makassar, Denpasar, and Manado—with a 2016 GDP at Rp19.48 trillion.

Images for kids

  • Hollandia Haven Diverse prauwen, Bestanddeelnr 8047

    Hollandia Haven or Hollandia (now Jayapura) port in 1947

  • YosSudarsoBayFromSkyline

    Looking east to Yos Sudarso Bay, showing the floating village of Tobati (left) and Engros (right), just to the south of Jayapura.

  • Map Districts (Kecamatan) of Jayapura

    Districts (distrik) of Jayapura

  • Jayapura Bay - panoramio

    Jayapura port activities around Jayapura Bay, 2011

  • Transmetrojayapura

    Transmetro Jayapura busses

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Jayapura para niños

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