Timika
Timika is a city in Indonesia with a population of about 142,909.
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 had a population of 142,909. Timika is a region focused on mining, industry, and services, as it is home to numerous national-scale companies due to the presence of the PT Freeport Indonesia gold mine. Timika is also a concentration of foreign nationals currently residing in Papua. Most of them work in the PT Freeport Indonesia area. Approximately 2,000 of these expatriates are from the United States, while the remainder are foreign nationals from Japan, Canada, Australia, and Germany.
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About Timika
| Country | Indonesia |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | PT |
| Population | 142,909 |
| Local currency | IDR |
| Coordinates | -4.6141, 136.6768 |
| Time zone | Asia/Jayapura |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | City |
| Distance to the capital | 3,307 km · Jakarta |
| Population (Indonesia) | #110 most populated in Indonesia |
| Where on Earth | 4°36′51″S · 136°40′36″E |
| Hemisphere | S · E |
| Distance to the equator | 514 km |
| Distance to the South Pole | 9,505 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Pointe-Noire (Republic of the Congo) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | 4.61, -43.32 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Sydney | 3,583 km |
| Singapore | 3,710 km |
| Tokyo | 4,491 km |
| Beijing | 5,367 km |
| Dubai | 9,366 km |
| Moscow | 10,998 km |