Overview
01Overview
Tolikara Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 14,564 km2, and had a population of 114,427 at the 2010 Census and 239,543 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 248,310. The administrative centre of Tolikara Regency is the town of Karubaga.
History
01History
The VI Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad took place in Tolikara in November–December 2010.
The regency was the scene of a riot against Muslims during Eid prayer in 2015.
Geography
01Climate
Karubaga has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.