Banda: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: Papua
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 3.1796° S, 140.9419° E
• Time zone: Asia/Jayapura (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 3,793 km (2,357 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Vanimo Airport (VAI, Papua New Guinea): 67 km (42 mi), straight line
• Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (DJJ): 82 km (51 mi), straight line
• Oksibil Airport (OKL): 195 km (121 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Waris: 9.6 km (5.9 mi)
• Yuwetla, Papua New Guinea: 18 km (11 mi)
• Sengge: 35 km (22 mi)
• Arso: 36 km (23 mi)
• Yumor Number 2, Papua New Guinea: 54 km (34 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jayapura, 76 km (47 mi)