Heterogenity of Amber and Komin in Shaping Settlement Pattern of Jayapura City
Abstract: Jayapura city is the
capital of Papua province, located at the eastern end of Indonesia and the
borders with neighboring countries, Papua New Guinea. From the results of
population census in 2010 the population of the Jayapura city is 256.705
inhabitants with a number of indigenous people as much as 89.773 people
(34.97%) and as many as 166.932 nonPapua population (65.03%). This figure shows that in Jayapura city, the
number of migrants is much more than the indigenous people. The term amber and komin then appears that
refers to the indigenous people of Papua (komin) and immigrants nonPapua
(amber). The high migration flows in
Jayapura resulting diversity in socio-cultural and economic structure of the
population. This impacted on the
formation of the population settlement patterns. This paper discusses the ethnic heterogeneity
in Jayapura city community in shaping the urban spatial pattern. From the discussion, it is known that the
existing settlements in Jayapura city consists of settlements indigenous
peoples, settlements inhabited by a mixed population of Papua and nonPapua
population, settlements inhabited by ethnic Papuans from outside the city of
Jayapura and settlements inhabited by ethnic immigrants certain nonPapua.
Settlement indigenous peoples still survive as indigenous settlements that have
a spiritual religious meaning that must be maintained and protected. While the
settlement of migrants Papua and nonPapua formed by some preferences, namely
the ties of kinship, proximity to sources of livelihood (workplace) and social
status.
Author: Alfini Baharuddin, B.
Hari Wibisono, Budi Prayitno, M. Sani Roychansyah
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologigg150018
