
Sentani
Indonesia
Sentani: facts
At a glance
- Country: Indonesia
- Region: Papua
- Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
- Population: approximately 44,779
- Coordinates: 2.5691° S, 140.5127° E
- Time zone: Asia/Jayapura (UTC+09:00)
- Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
- Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 3,754 km (2,332 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (DJJ): 1.4 km (0.9 mi), straight line
- Vanimo Airport (VAI, Papua New Guinea): 89 km (55 mi), straight line
- Bokondini Airport (BUI): 239 km (148 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Abepura: 14 km (8 mi)
- Depapre: 18 km (11 mi)
- Sawoi: 21 km (13 mi)
- Jayapura: 23 km (14 mi)
- Genyem: 40 km (25 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jayapura, 23 km (14 mi)
Coming up in Sentani
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve Joint Holiday
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 5 Jan 2027: Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (tentative)
- 6 Jan 2027: Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (tentative)
- 5 Feb 2027: Chinese New Year Joint Holiday
- 6 Feb 2027: Chinese New Year's Day
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