Jayapura

Population 413,283 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Indonesia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Indonesia
Daylight 11 h 59 in Jun, dark by 17:36 · 12 h 16 in Dec
  1. January: 12 h 15 of daylight
  2. February: 12 h 11 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 08 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 03 of daylight
  5. May: 12 h of daylight
  6. June: 11 h 59 of daylight
  7. July: 11 h 59 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 02 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 06 of daylight
  10. October: 12 h 10 of daylight
  11. November: 12 h 14 of daylight
  12. December: 12 h 16 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Lake Sentani Festival

    June

    Every June, a portion of the lake (both the shore and the water) is used for a 4-day festivity that celebrates the diverse indigenous culture of Papua.

    Official site

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Jayapura); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Getting around

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