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 .
11-489: 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 the Mandobo District. The regency comprises twenty districts ( distrik ), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at
22-505: Is a town in the South Papua province of Indonesia (not to be confused with Tanahmerah Bay ) on the bank of Digul River, located some two hundred miles from Merauke within the interior of Western New Guinea (a town not occupied by the Japanese during WWII). It is the administrative center of Boven Digoel Regency . The town acted as a Dutch penal colony during the period when Indonesia
33-549: Is one of the airports serving the Boven Digoel Regency , in the Indonesian province of South Papua . It is located in the regency's capital of Tanahmerah . The airport served 2,200 passengers throughout 2016. It has serviced flights with the provincial capital at Jayapura ( Sentani International Airport ) and Merauke ( Mopah International Airport ) to the south. Both routes are serviced by Trigana Air . The airport
44-670: The Netherlands East Indies government-in-exile (in Australia), fearing partisan armies, which would prejudice the postwar reimposition of Dutch colonial rule in the Indies, organised for the prisoners to be brought to Australia, to be interned as prisoners of war. This did not fit entirely well with the host country, and on 7 December 1943, the Tanah Merah prisoners were freed from their Australian prison camps. Lockwood (1975) considers
55-535: 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 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
66-738: The Dutch. It turned out that these political prisoners influenced the Australian trade union to boycott the Dutch ships that landed in the country. After the Allies won, the prisoners were returned to their original places in Indonesia. The camp was reused to imprison Indonesian nationalists from Papua during the West New Guinea dispute such as J.A. Dimara , Petrus Korwa, and Hanoch Rumbrar. Tanahmerah Tanah Merah (or Tanamerah, which means Red Land )
77-568: The evacuation of these prisoners to Australia (and their subsequent freedom within Australia) to be a vital catalyst in the launching of the boycott on Dutch shipping (the Black Armada ) at the end of the second world war and in the subsequent creation of the Republic of Indonesia . The town is served by Tanah Merah Airport . Tanah Merah Airport Tanah Merah Airport ( Indonesian : Bandar Udara Tanah Merah ) ( IATA : TMH , ICAO : WAKT )
88-506: 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 was hoped that the Indonesians brought to Australia would help
99-619: Was a Dutch colony . Under Indische Staatsregeling Article 37, "those who can be considered by the Government to disturb or have disturbed the public peace and order will be without any legal proceedings exiled for an indefinite period to a specially appointed place" were sent to Tanahmerah. Dr. Sutan Sjahrir , first prime minister of the Indonesian Republic , described the political prisoners thus exiled as being in "profound spiritual misery" and "permanently broken in spirit". In 1942,
110-520: 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 was used as an exile for the national movement figures with a recorded number of prisoners of 1,308 people. Among
121-556: Was briefly closed during the eruption of the Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea in 2015. In 2008, a Pelita Air de Havilland Dash 7 was mired in the apron, although it was not damaged and was soon returned to service. An XpressAir Dornier 328 with 33 passengers ran off the side of the runway on 14 June 2009, with the aircraft substantially damaged although there were no casualties. This article about an Indonesian airport
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