Tsinga | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village in Central Papua##Location of the village in Western New Guinea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Papua |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Subdivision Name2: | Mimika Regency |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tembagapura |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 71838 |
Timezone: | WIT |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Coordinates: | -4.2128°N 137.1822°W |
Elevation M: | 1400 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfb |
Tsinga or Singa is a village in Indonesia located in Tembagapura District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua.
Tsinga is found in the east of Indonesia on the island of New Guinea, in the kabupaten of Mimika Regency in Central Papua Province. It is located on the Sudirman Range of the Maoke Mountains, in the valley of the river Nasura, just before its confluence with the river Tsing.
The village is used by climbers who are heading for Puncak Jaya,[1] [2] the highest point of these mountains, of Indonesia, of Oceania and one of the seven summits,[1] which are found within 12 kilometres as the crow flies northwards.
The village is inhabited by Papuan peoples of Amungme ethnicity.