Kuala Kencana District
Distrik Kuala Kencana
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Aerial view of Kuala Kencana
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Central Papua |
| Regency | Mimika Regency |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 27,774 |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (IEST) |
Kuala Kencana (literally "golden estuary")[1] is a district in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is the purpose-built company town, managed by Indonesian mineral extraction company PT Freeport Indonesia. The new town was inaugurated by Indonesian President Suharto in 1995.[2] The district covers an area of 860.74 km2 and had a population of 18,290 at the 2010 Census and 27,774 at the 2020 Census.[3]
The town features running water and other modern amenities previously rarely seen in Papua, though critics note this has come at a cost of dispossession of indigenous populations and environmental damage.[4]
Kuala Kencana has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Kuala Kencana | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.7 (78.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 248 (9.8) |
255 (10.0) |
285 (11.2) |
291 (11.5) |
308 (12.1) |
343 (13.5) |
397 (15.6) |
385 (15.2) |
265 (10.4) |
194 (7.6) |
170 (6.7) |
217 (8.5) |
3,358 (132.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
4°23′56″S 136°51′43″E / 4.399°S 136.862°E / -4.399; 136.862
