About Jayapura
Jayapura is a city in Papua, Indonesia with a population of 410,852. It is the 34th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, and the 1,401st largest worldwide. It lies 3,777 km from Jakarta.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jayapura
Coordinates
-2.534, 140.718
Record updated
2026-06-11
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 446 in IndonesiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.