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Kuala Kencana ("Golden Estuary") is a company town purpose-built in West Papua, New Guinea. The town is managed by Indonesian mineral extraction company P. T. Freeport. The new town was inaugurated by Indonesian President Suharto in 1995.
Map of Kuala Kencana, Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia
The town features running water and other modern amenities previously rarely seen in Papua, though critics note this has come at a cost of dispossession of indigenous populations and environmental damage.
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