Ilaga is the name of a small town and a farming valley in Central Papua, Indonesia, with an elevation of 2,286 m (7,500 ft).

It has a small airport and a tiny community of non-Papuan traders and government officials from other parts of Indonesia.

[2] In April 2009 a small plane travelling from Mulia (Puncak Jaya Regency) to Ilaga - (Mimika Air Flight 514) - crashed, killing all 10 aboard.

Recovery operations and identification of remains were carried out from Ilaga, which is the administrative centre of Indonesia's Puncak Regency.

In October 2001 OPM fighters briefly took and held the town from Indonesian forces.