Puncak Jaya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua province

Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua comprises most of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands. Its capital is Jayapura. It's the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia. The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. It is an inland highland regency, lying directly east of Paniai Regency

Paniai Regency

Paniai Regency is one of the regencies in Papua province, Indonesia....

 and west of Jayawijaya Regency

Jayawijaya Regency

Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies in Papua province, Indonesia. Its capital is Wamena....

. As of 2004, it was reported that these three regencies had a population that is 93–97% ethnic Papuan.

The capital of the regency is Mulia.

According to a 2009 profile in Indonesia's Tempo

Tempo magazine (Indonesia)

Tempo is an Indonesian weekly magazine that covers news and politics. It was founded by Goenawan Mohamad and Yusril Djalinus and the first edition was published in March 1971.-New Order era:...

magazine, Puncak Jaya has 16 subdistricts and 147 villages, and 147,000 residents. It is a difficult ten-hour drive from Wamena

Wamena

Wamena is the capital town of the Jayawijaya Regency of Indonesia. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and has a population of around 10,000 . Wamena is the urban centre of a rural area housing West Papua's highest concentration of population, with over 300...

 (Jayawijaya Regency

Jayawijaya Regency

Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies in Papua province, Indonesia. Its capital is Wamena....

) to the mostly undeveloped regency. Separatists in the Free Papua Movement

Free Papua Movement

The Free Papua Movement is a militant organisation established in 1965 to encourage and effect the violent overthrow of the current governments in the Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia, formerly known as Irian Jaya to secede from Indonesia, and to reject economic development and...

 are active in the area.

Puncak Jaya

Puncak Jaya

Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid is the highest summit of Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range of the western central highlands of Papua province, Indonesia . Other summits are East Carstensz Peak and Ngga Pulu...

, a mountain peak, is the highest mountain in Indonesia.

Towns include

• Aginilia
• Buguba
• Ilaga
  Ilaga (Papua)
  Ilaga is the name of a small town and a farming valley in Papua, Indonesia, with an elevation of . It is also the capital of a government district of the same name. Most of the residents of the area belong to the Western Dani tribe. It has a small airport and a tiny community of non-Papuan traders...
  
  
• Jebegot
• Lambo
• Mulia
• Mbambawa
• Motorbivak
• Rustoord
• Splitsingbivak
• Tombage

External links

• Detail maps from Indonesian government, this regency: (includes northern portion) (includes southern portion, including location of Mulia)