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Ilaga, Central Papua

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name	Ilaga
native_name
settlement_type	Town
pushpin_map	Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Central Papua##Location in Indonesian Papua##Location in Indonesia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Indonesia
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Central Papua
subdivision_type2	Regency
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
timezone	WIT
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elevation_m	2286
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Ilaga is the name of a small town and a farming valley in Central Papua, Indonesia, with an elevation of 2286 m. It is also the capital of a government district (kecamatan) of the same name, and of the newly created (2008) Puncak Regency. Most of the residents of the area belong to the Lani tribe. It has a small airport and a tiny community of non-Papuan traders and government officials from other parts of Indonesia. A river of the same name runs through the valley, and is a tributary of the Ilorong. The valley lies about midway between the Enarotali and Baliem valleys.

Air crash

In April 2009 a small plane travelling from Mulia (Puncak Jaya Regency) to Ilaga - (Mimika Air Flight 514) - crashed, killing all 10 aboard. Recovery operations and identification of remains were carried out from Ilaga, which is the administrative centre of Indonesia's Puncak Regency.

Outside encounters

The Western Dani of Ilaga's first extensive contacts with the non-Papuan world began in 1950, when missionaries began to use planes to extend their contacts into the highland areas of the region. The region was not entirely "isolated" or "cut-off" from the outside world before the European arrival as is sometimes reported. Ilaga traditionally was along the main trade routes from the agricultural highland valleys, whose pigs and farm produce were traded for shells, salt and other goods with coastal tribes.

The Ilaga area has been at times a center of support for the Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM). In October 2001 OPM fighters briefly took and held the town from Indonesian forces.

Administrative area

Ilaga District is divided into 9 villages , namely :

Kago
Kimak
Wuloni
Nipuralome
Kibogolome
Tagaloa
Jenggerpaga
Kalebut
Ilmabet

References

[http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ILA Ilaga Airport profile] Aviation Safety Network - retrieved 2011-09-23.
''New Guinea: The Last Unknown'', Gavin Souter, Taplinger Pub. Co., 1966
[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/21/bodies-air-crash-victims-evacuated-ilaga.html Bodies of air crash victims evacuated to Ilaga] ''The Jakarta Post'', April 21, 2009
[https://books.google.com/books?id=jWB4ftRt-GgC&dq=ilaga+highlands+papua&pg=PA283 Culture of Stone, pgs. 283-284] By O.W. Hampton, Texas A&M University Press, 1999
"Plougshares Armed Conflict Report, Indonesia-West Papua (Irian Jaya)".
"Lampiran-II-Kabupaten-Puncak".

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