:Timika
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Timika
| settlement_type =
| image_skyline = Kota Timika.jpg
| image_caption = Main street in Timika
| pushpin_map = Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Central Papua##Location in Indonesian Papua##Location in Indonesia
| coordinates = {{coord|-4.55|136.89|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = Regency
| subdivision_name1 = Central Papua
| subdivision_name2 = Mimika Regency
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Yohanis Bassang
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = vacant
| area_code_type = Area code
| population = 142,909
| population_as_of = 2020 Census
| area_code = (+62) 901
| blank_name = Climate
| blank_info = Af
| image_map = {{hidden begin|title=OpenStreetMap|ta1=center}}{{Infobox mapframe|frame-width=250|zoom=8}}{{hidden end}}
}}
Timika is a chartered city (kota), and the capital of Mimika Regency on the southern coast of Central Papua, Indonesia. At the 2020 Census, the district which includes the town (it remains administratively within the Regency, rather than having a separate status) had a population of 142,909.{{cite web|last1=Reckinger|first1=Carole|last2=Lemaire|first2=Antoine|title=Faultlines and fractures|url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/faultlines-and-fractures|publisher=Inside Indonesia|accessdate=9 February 2016}}Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
Air transport
In August 2012, the Indonesian government announced plans to develop a new commercial airport in Timika. The Mozes Kilangin International Airport will feature a new apron and taxiway created on an 800x300m plot of land adjacent to the existing airport.{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/08/11/mimika-develop-commercial-airport.html |title=Mimika to develop commercial airport |publisher=The Jakarta Post |date=2012-06-23 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}
Beginning from 15 August 2014, the airline Garuda Indonesia has been serving the Timika-Sorong-Manado route for 3 times a week with a Bombardier CRJ-1000 plane that has 84 economy class seats and 12 business class seats.{{cite web |url=http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2014/08/12/056598909/Garuda-to-Operate-Timika-Sorong-Manado-Route |title=Garuda to Operate Timika-Sorong-Manado Route |date=August 12, 2014}}
Climate
Timika has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Timika (Kokonao Airport) (2000–2020)
|Jan high C = 32.7
|Feb high C = 32.8
|Mar high C = 32.5
|Apr high C = 32.0
|May high C = 31.2
|Jun high C = 29.7
|Jul high C = 28.6
|Aug high C = 29.0
|Sep high C = 30.2
|Oct high C = 31.6
|Nov high C = 32.4
|Dec high C = 32.7
|Jan low C = 23.8
|Feb low C = 23.7
|Mar low C = 23.6
|Apr low C = 23.6
|May low C = 23.7
|Jun low C = 23.3
|Jul low C = 22.9
|Aug low C = 22.8
|Sep low C = 23.1
|Oct low C = 23.5
|Nov low C = 23.6
|Dec low C = 23.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 373.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 347.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 386.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 473.1
|May precipitation mm = 551.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 646.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 658.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 616.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 440.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 405.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 334.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 455.0
|Jan precipitation days = 18.3
|Feb precipitation days = 17.5
|Mar precipitation days = 19.9
|Apr precipitation days = 21.1
|May precipitation days = 20.9
|Jun precipitation days = 21.9
|Jul precipitation days = 24.0
|Aug precipitation days = 22.5
|Sep precipitation days = 21.8
|Oct precipitation days = 18.2
|Nov precipitation days = 17.1
|Dec precipitation days = 20.4
|source 1 = Meteomanz{{cite web
| url = http://www.meteomanz.com/sy3?l=1&cou=5410&ind=97796&m1=01&y1=2000&m2=12&y2=2020
| title = SYNOP/BUFR observations. Data by months
| publisher = Meteomanz
| access-date = 21 March 2024}}
}}
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Category:Populated places in Central Papua
Category:Districts of Central Papua
Category:Regency seats of Central Papua
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