Boven Digoel Regency is an inland regency ( kabupaten ) in the northeastern part of the Indonesian province of South Papua . It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. It is bordered to the south by the residual Merauke Regency, to the west by Mappi Regency , and to the north by the province of Highland Papua . At the same time, to the east lies the international border with Papua New Guinea .
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10-430: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boven Digoel Regency The regency covers an area of 27,108.29 km (10,466.57 sq mi), and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census and 64,285 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 67,109. The administrative centre is the town of Tanah Merah (or Persatuan kampung ) in
15-709: 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
20-468: The Mandobo District. The regency comprises twenty districts ( distrik ), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages ( kampung ) in each district, and their postcode. In
25-561: Was used as an exile for the national movement figures with a recorded number of prisoners of 1,308 people. Among the figures exiled, 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
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