Timika

Timika is the largest city in Central Papua province in , with 142,000 residents in 2020. It has become a gateway to one of the largest gold mines on the planet, the Grasberg mine.
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Photo: Davidelit, CC0.
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  • Type: Town with 142,000 residents
  • Description: city in Indonesia
  • Also known as: Timoeka” and “Timuka

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tembagapura Timika Airport.

Aerodrome
Mozes Kilangin Airport is a domestic airport located in Timika, the capital of in , . The airport serves as the primary gateway to Timika, the largest town in Central Papua, and the , the world's largest gold mine, operated by Freeport-McMoRan.

Timika

Latitude
-4.5481° or 4° 32′ 53″ south
Longitude
136.8899° or 136° 53′ 24″ east
Population
142,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ID TMK
Open location code
6Q7RFV2Q+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1248767553
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1623834
Wiki­data ID
Q1026405
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Satellite Map

Discover Timika from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Timika” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تيميكا
  • Bengali: তিমিকা
  • Catalan: Timika
  • Chinese: 蒂米卡
  • Danish: Timika
  • Dutch: Timika
  • Egyptian Arabic: تيميكا
  • Finnish: Timika
  • French: Timika
  • German: Timika
  • Greek: Τιμίκα
  • Gujarati: ટિમીકા
  • Hindi: तिमिका
  • Indonesian: Kota Timika
  • Indonesian: Timika
  • Italian: Timika
  • Japanese: ティミカ
  • Kannada: ತಿಮಿಕಾ
  • Korean: 티미카
  • Latvian: Timika
  • Lithuanian: Timika
  • Malay: Timika
  • Marathi: तिमिका
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Timika
  • Polish: Timika
  • Portuguese: Kota Timika
  • Portuguese: Timika
  • Romanian: Timika
  • Russian: Тимика
  • Sinhala: ටිමිකා
  • Spanish: Kota Timika
  • Swedish: Timika
  • Tamil: திமிக்கா
  • Tamil: மிமிக்கா பிராந்தியம்
  • Telugu: తిమికా
  • Thai: ติมิกา
  • Turkish: Timika
  • Ukrainian: Тіміка
  • Urdu: تیمیکا
  • Vietnamese: Timika

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Timika”. Photo: Davidelit, CC0.