Jayapura

Jayapura is the common capital of Papua, Indonesia. It is arranged on the island of New Guinea, on Yos Sudarso Bay in the past known as Humboldt Bay. It covers a region of 935.92 km2 361.36 sq mi, and fringes Jayapura Regency toward the west, Keerom Regency toward the south, the country of Papua New Guinea toward the east, and the Pacific Ocean toward the north. It had a populace of 256,705 at the 2010 Census; the most recent authority gauge as of January 2014 is 315,872. Jayapura is the biggest city in the Indonesian piece of New Guinea. It is served by Sentani Airport, situated close Lake Sentani. An interstate interfaces the city to Skow, a residential area close to the outskirt with Papua New Guinea and proceeds past the fringe to Vanimo.

The administration is right now intending to fabricate a railroad from Jayapura to Sarmi. Additionally designs could interface Jayapura with Manokwari and Sorong. The venture is made arrangements for fruition by 2030. Prior to its incorporation into the pilgrim administration of the Dutch Indies, the area of present-day Jayapura was known as Numbay. Before the entry of the Dutch there was a functioning exchange Numbay, fixated on the Island of Metui Debi and the zone where the previous Gereja Pengharapan "Church of the Favor of God" remained, in Sam Ratulangi Road, being most dynamic somewhere in the range of 1897 and 1905.