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'''Enarotali''' is a town in Paniai Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is located on the shore of Lake Paniai, in Western New Guinea highlands.
== History == Enarotali is considered to be the only colonial city founded by the Dutch in the interior of New Guinea before World War II. The Wissel Lakes area was not known outside New Guinea until 1937. In order to assert Dutch control over the area, a Christian mission and a radio-equipped government post were established there in May 1938.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Blaikie |first=Bob |date=September 2003 |title=Enarotali |url=https://www.pngaa.net/Members/J2003-09.pdf |journal=Una Voce: Journal of the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc. |issue=3 |pages=18–20 |issn=1442-6161}}</ref>
In April 1942, Dutch New Guinea was invaded by the Japanese, thus isolating the post from the coast, although it was resupplied by seaplanes from time to time. The Dutch maintained a small force there under code-named Operation Oaktree, made up of Papuan natives led by Jean Victor de Bruijn, harassing Japanese troops based on the coast at Timoeka near Kaukenau, where the Japanese had established an airfield in December 1942. With the objective of stopping those raids and preventing eventual allied reinforcements in the highland lake regions, the Japanese occupied the village in May 1943, although it had been preventively burnt to the ground by de Bruijn and his men. De Bruijn then withdrew to the surrounding valleys, harassing the Japanese forces occupying the lakes and gathering precious intelligence on Japanese troops in Western New Guinea, until his evacuation from the region in July 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.209124/2015.209124.Jungle-Pimpernel_djvu.txt|title = Jungle Pimpernel|year = 1947}}</ref><ref>Lloyd Rhys (1947). ''Jungle Pimpernel; The story of a district officer in central Netherlands New Guinea''. Hodder & Stoughton, London. p. 190</ref> At the end of the war in late 1945, Dutch colonial administration control was restored over the area, until it was transferred to Indonesia in May 1963 along with the rest of Western New Guinea.<ref>Wies Platje, "Dutch SIGINT and the Conflict with Indonesia," pp. 302–08</ref>
=== 2014 Massacre === {{Main|Bloody Paniai case}} On 8 December 2014 the Indonesian army would open fire on a crowd of around 1,000 people protesting the severe beating of a group of young teens earlier that day, killing five and injuring 17.
== Geography == It is located in the Highlands, on the shore of Lake Paniai. Its altitude is about 1750 m, located near a fertile mountain plain surrounding the lake and it is surrounded by hills and mountains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/data/ilec/WLC13_Papers/S17/s17-8.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=wldb.ilec.or.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401100546/http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/data/ilec/WLC13_Papers/S17/s17-8.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is served by the Enarotali Airport. It is the capital of Paniai Regency, Central Papua province. The city is at present developing towards Mahdi, located 12 km to the east.
==Climate== Enarotali has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) with heavy rainfall year-round.
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Enarolati (2005–2020) |Jan high C = 22.8 |Feb high C = 23.2 |Mar high C = 23.5 |Apr high C = 24.3 |May high C = 24.1 |Jun high C = 23.3 |Jul high C = 23.1 |Aug high C = 22.9 |Sep high C = 23.2 |Oct high C = 23.9 |Nov high C = 23.9 |Dec high C = 23.7 |Jan low C = 15.8 |Feb low C = 15.5 |Mar low C = 15.2 |Apr low C = 15.3 |May low C = 15.8 |Jun low C = 16.0 |Jul low C = 15.1 |Aug low C = 15.1 |Sep low C = 15.1 |Oct low C = 15.1 |Nov low C = 15.7 |Dec low C = 15.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 137.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 172.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 235.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 226.3 |May precipitation mm = 223.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 237.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 329.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 262.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 285.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 220.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 201.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 230.7 |Jan precipitation days = 12.3 |Feb precipitation days = 12.8 |Mar precipitation days = 16.9 |Apr precipitation days = 16.9 |May precipitation days = 16.9 |Jun precipitation days = 16.8 |Jul precipitation days = 18.8 |Aug precipitation days = 18.8 |Sep precipitation days = 18.7 |Oct precipitation days = 15.4 |Nov precipitation days = 15.1 |Dec precipitation days = 18.1 |source 1 = Meteomanz<ref name=Meteomanz>{{cite web | url = http://www.meteomanz.com/sy3?l=1&cou=5410&ind=97780&m1=01&y1=2005&m2=12&y2=2020 | title = SYNOP/BUFR observations. Data by months | publisher = Meteomanz | access-date = 21 March 2024}}</ref> }}
== Population == The population of the Paniai Regency was 170.193 in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://papua.bps.go.id/publication/2018/08/16/3fa9d91a0d61a9b44dff23cd/provinsi-papua-dalam-angka-2018.html|title=Badan Pusat Statistik}}</ref> however most of them didn't live in the regency capital, but in the countryside. The main tribes are Mee, Moni, Wolani and Dani. The former three tribes speak the Paniai Lakes languages, which is a language family named after the lakes. They depend on agriculture, including the cultivation of sweet potato and breeding livestock.
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