Timika

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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.