Mimika Regency
Mimika Regency is one of the regencies ("kabupaten") in Papua Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 21,693.51 km, and had a population of 182,001 at the 2010 Census, but grew to 311,969 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is the town of Timika, which lies within Mimika Baru District, which had 142,909 inhabitants in 2020. History. On 8 October 1996, the Minister of Home Affairs in Jayapura designated Mimika as an Administrative District. After being formed into an Administrative Regency, the District area was determined to consist of: Mimika Timur (East Mimika) District, Mimika Barat (West  Mimika) District, Agimuga District and the expansion area of Mimika Baru District which is domiciled in Timika. After approximately 4 (four) years of the implementation of the Administrative Regency administration, on 18 March 2000, the change of status from Administrative District to Definitive Regency was inaugurated by the Governor of Papua Province, Drs. JP Salossa, M.Si based on Law No.45 of 1999. Administrative Districts. Mimika Regency in 2010 comprised twelve districts ("kecamatan"); by 2018 the number of districts had risen to eighteen, all of which are tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The  table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (133 rural "desa" and 19 urban "kelurahan") within each district, and its post code. Note: (a) the 2010 population is included in the figure for the district from which it was split off.