Paniai Regency is one of the regencies in Central Papua Province of Indonesia. It is named after the Paniai Lakes. It covers an area of 6,525.25 km², and had a population of 153,432 at the 2010 Census and 220,410 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 227,254 - comprising 124,260 males and 102,994 females. The administrative …Paniai Regency is one of the regencies in Central Papua Province of Indonesia. It is named after the Paniai Lakes. It covers an area of 6,525.25 km², and had a population of 153,432 at the 2010 Census and 220,410 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 227,254 - comprising 124,260 males and 102,994 females. The administrative centre is the town of Enarotali, in East Paniai.