Good morning and Sunday! Here is a brief about #Tembagapura Tembagapura is a town built and managed by PT Freeport Indonesia to support the #Grasberg Mine in the Indonesian province of Papua. The town is about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level, in the Sudirman Range, not far from Mount #Carstensz, the highest peak in Oceania. The area gets about 6 m (20 ft) of rainfall each year. The weather is usually sunny in the morning, changing to cloudy and cool around noon. In Indonesian, tembaga means "copper" and pura is equivalent to "temple" or "town", meaning "Copper Town". Biologist Tim Flannery visited Tembagapura in mid-1994 and reported it to have a population of more than 10,000 people, with most of the amenities of a similar-sized rural town in the U.S. It had sports facilities, a club with a bar and restaurant, supermarkets and specialty shops, a bank, and excellent accommodations for workers and visitors. He observed that this was quite different from other locations in what was then called Irian Jaya. In 2011, Tembagapura had a school for English-speaking children that was called "the world's most remote international school". The town was reported to have a hospital, a community library, a full-sized outdoor soccer field, tennis and squash courts, and a state-of-the art gymnasium. The Lupa Lelah Club, was said to have an excellent restaurant, a bar and various function rooms. Shopping facilities included a coffee shop, Hero Supermarket (a well known Indonesian retail chain), Guardian Pharmacy, Hero Department Store, Banking Service, and a Rudy Hadisuwarno hairdresser. It can be reached in 15 minutes by chopper from Mozes Kilangin International Airport (TIM) or approx. 2 hours by bus. #papua #indonesia #asiatravel #natgeo #instagood #instamazing #mountain #instago #photooftheday #instanature #weekend #lp #gf_indonesia #gang_family #macstuff #freeport #mining #lonelyplanet (at Tembagapura)
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