| Kuala Kencana District | |
| Native Name: | Distrik Kuala Kencana |
| Native Name Lang: | id |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Papua |
| Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mimika Regency |
| Leader Title: | Camat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 27,774 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | IEST |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Kuala Kencana (literally "golden estuary")[1] is a district in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is the purpose-built company town, managed by Indonesian mineral extraction company PT Freeport Indonesia. The new town was inaugurated by Indonesian President Suharto in 1995.[2] The district covers an area of 860.74 km2 and had a population of 18,290 at the 2010 Census and 27,774 at the 2020 Census.[3]
The town features running water and other modern amenities previously rarely seen in Papua, though critics note this has come at a cost of dispossession of indigenous populations and environmental damage.[4]
Kuala Kencana has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.