Digul

Digul
River
NASA Landsat image (enhanced) of the Digul Estuary, looking roughly east. Dolak can be seen towards the south.
Country	Indonesia
Region	Papua

Mouth
- location	Arafura Sea
- coordinates	7°7′S 138°42′E / 7.117°S 138.700°E / -7.117; 138.700Coordinates: 7°7′S 138°42′E / 7.117°S 138.700°E / -7.117; 138.700

Length	525 km (326 mi)

The Digul (Dutch: Digoel) is a major river in southern Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea.

The swamplands upstream were known by the name "Boven-Digoel" (Above the Digul, in Dutch) and hosted a penal colony at Tanahmerah (Red Earth) in the early 20th century, when Indonesia was a colony of Holland. As a result of the abortive 1926 revolt by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), the Dutch exiled 823 of the most troublesome revolutionaries here.^[1]

Rising on the southern slopes of Maoke Mountains, the Digul flows first south and then west to empty into the Arafura Sea. For much of its length it travels across a low region of extensive swamps and creates a delta near Dolak (Frederik Hendrik) Island. The river has a length of 525 kilometres (326 mi) and is navigable as far as Tanahmerah.

Rivers in Indonesia

Sumatra	Aceh Asahan Banyuasin Barumun Batang Hari Bila Bohorok Gadis Indragiri Jamboaye Kampar Kanan Kampar Kluet Komering Kualu Kumu Mandau Merargin Mesuji Musi Ogan Ombilin Peureulak Peusangen Rawas Renun Rokan Rokan-kanan Rokan-kiri Sekampung Seputih Siak Silau Simpang-kanan Simpang-kiri Sinamar Tamiang Tembesi Teunom Toru Tripa Tulangbawang Tungkal Wampu Woyla

Java	Bengawan Solo Brantas Cidurian Cikandang Cilaki Ciliwung Cimandiri Cimanuk Cisadane Cisanggarung Citanduy Citarum Ciujung Ciwulan Kalimalang Kali Bodri Kali Opak Kali Pemali Kali Sanen Kali Serang Porong Progo Serayu Widas

Kalimantan	Arut Barito Kahayan Kapuas Kapuas (Barito) Katingan Kayan Lamandau Landak Lawa Mahakam Melawi Mendawai Pawan Sambas Sampit Sekayam Sesayap Wain

Sulawesi	Bongka Jeneberang Kalaena Karama Lalindu Lariang Lasolo Mamasa Manado Marisa Paguyaman Palu Pangkajene Poso Sadang Sampara Tallo Walanae

Lesser Sunda Islands	Ayung Benain Kadassa Kadumbul Melolo Mina Moyo Noel Besi Polapare Pono Sissa Sungi Wera

Maluku and Papua	Bian Bien Bulaka Digul Kampung Kamundan Kumbe Lorentz Mamberamo Mapi Maro Mimika Momats Muturi Pulau Seremuk Sobger Songgato Tabai Tariku Taritatu Van Daalen Vriendschaps Wamma Wapoga Warenai Waruta Wiriagar

↑ Brackman, A.C., Indonesian Communism: A History, 1963, Praeger Press

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