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Place in Central Papua, Indonesia
Photo: Alfindra Primaldhi, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Timika is the largest city in Central Papua province in Papua, 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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Masjid Raya Babussalam Timika
Owned by PT Freeport Indonesia. It is one of the largest gold mines on earth.
The first city in Indonesia to use underground utilities for power lines, and communications, as well as distribution of clean water and centralized sewage treatment.
Pantai Keakwa
Kali Kyura
Pantai Timuka
A seafood restaurant.
Try kopi Amungme, an organic coffee grown by Amungme tribe in Nemangkawi Mountains.
A 4-star hotel.
Hotel with a swimming pool. Free Wi-Fi, free parking, and free breakfast.
Buy fresh seafood such as Timika crab (kepiting karaka), eeltail catfish, shrimp, and so on.
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