Jayapura Regency
Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies ("kabupaten") in Papua Province of Indonesia. It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura. Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua Province, it was reduced substantially in extent from 12 November 2002, when the eastern districts were split off to form a new Keerom Regency and the western districts were split off to form a new Sarmi Regency. It now covers an area of 17,516.6 km, and had a population of 111,943 at the 2010 Census and 166,171 at the 2020  Census. The administrative centre is the town of Sentani, with 71,174 inhabitants in 2020. Administrative districts. Following the 2002 reductions in area, the existing regency comprises nineteen districts ("distrik"), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. The table also includes the location of the districts' administrative centres. Notes: (a) formerly Nimboran Timur (East Nimboran). Tourism. Since end of 2014, Infote (also called Love Lake, Danau Love, Telaga Love, or Telaga Hati) has become popular as a tourist attraction. Named for its shape, the Love Lake lays in Central Sentani, which can  be accessed from Keerom Regency or from Jayapura through Yoka Village. Sport. As the 2021 edition of National Sports Week (PON) is hosted in Papua province, Jayapura Regency is selected as one of the games venues. Lukas Enembe Stadium in Sentani Timur was built as the 2021 PON main venue.