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Yapen Islands
Yapen Islands Regency is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of eastern Indonesia. It covers an area of , and had a population of 82,951 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 112,676 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 115,056 (comprising 58,854 males and 56,202 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Yapen Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9105) It comprises an archipelago which lies in Cenderawasih Bay off the north coast of Western New Guinea. Geography The regency includes the islands and island groups of the Yapen Islands archipelago, including the main Yapen, Yapen island. Its capital is Serui (part of Yapen Selatan district). The area is seismically active. A 1979 Yapen earthquake, magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 1979 caused serious destruction and a tsunami, killing 115 people. Administrative Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regencies And Cities Of Indonesia
Regency (Indonesia), Regencies () and City status in Indonesia#Kota, cities (''kota'') are the second-level subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the Provinces of Indonesia, provinces, and above the Districts of Indonesia, districts. Regencies are roughly equivalent to American County (United States), counties, although Lists of populated places in the United States, most cities in the United States are below the counties. Following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, regencies and city municipalities became the key administrative units responsible for providing most governmental services. Each of regencies and cities has their own local government and legislative body. The difference between a regency and a city lies in demography, size, and economy. Generally, a regency comprises a rural area larger than a city, but also often includes various towns. A city usually has non-agricultural economic acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the origin of the term), the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Stockholm Archipelago, the Malay Archipelago (which includes the Indonesian and Philippine Archipelagos), the Lucayan (Bahamian) Archipelago, the Japanese archipelago, and the Hawaiian Archipelago. Etymology The word ''archipelago'' is derived from the Italian ''arcipelago'', used as a proper name for the Aegean Sea, itself perhaps a deformation of the Greek Αιγαίον Πέλαγος. Later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea has a large number of islands). The erudite paretymology, deriving the word from Ancient Greek ἄρχι-(''arkhi-'', "chief") and πέλαγος (''pélagos'', "sea"), proposed by Buondelmonti, can still be found. Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapen Islands
Yapen Islands Regency is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of eastern Indonesia. It covers an area of , and had a population of 82,951 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 112,676 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 115,056 (comprising 58,854 males and 56,202 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Yapen Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9105) It comprises an archipelago which lies in Cenderawasih Bay off the north coast of Western New Guinea. Geography The regency includes the islands and island groups of the Yapen Islands archipelago, including the main Yapen, Yapen island. Its capital is Serui (part of Yapen Selatan district). The area is seismically active. A 1979 Yapen earthquake, magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 1979 caused serious destruction and a tsunami, killing 115 people. Administrative Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Rainforest Climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States, and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated ''Af'' by the Köppen climate classification. A tropical rainforest climate is typically hot, very humid, and wet with no dry season. Description Tropical rainforests have a type of tropical climate (with an average temperature of at least in their coldest month) in which there is no dry season—all months have an average precipitation value of at least . There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mios Num
Mios Num (aka: Num, Indonesian language: ''Pulau Mios Num'') is an island of the Yapen Islands group, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. It is in Cenderawasih Bay. The Mios Num Strait separates it from Yapen Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ... island to the west. Numfoor and Biak are to the north, with Aruri Strait in between. Yapen Islands Cenderawasih Bay Islands of Western New Guinea Landforms of Papua (province) Islands of Indonesia Uninhabited islands of Indonesia {{Papua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambai Islands
Ambai () are the archipelago or the chain of islands off the southern coast of Yapen Island, in Cenderawasih Bay and Papua Province in Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. Islands The archipelago has five main islands, including Ambai and Saweru. There are seven medium-size islands and more than 15 smaller islands. The land area of the islands is . Locations of major islands in the Cenderawasih Bay: * Ambai Island * Saweru Island * Biak * Supiori Island * Yapen Marine Park The Ambai Islands include part of Cenderawasih Bay Marine Park which is the largest marine national park in Indonesia with an area of 1,453.5 km2. Because of its breadth, the park is divided into sections. Among them are "Padaido Islands Marine Park" in the east of Biak, the "Ambai Islands Marine" Park in southern Yapen, the "Harleem Islands Marine Park" in northeast Nabire, and lastly the "Cenderawasih Bay Marine Park" in the north of Wondama Bay. Biodiversity Generally, the Ambai Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurudu Island
Kurudu Island is an island which lies east of Yapen Island in Cenderawasih Bay, lying off the north coast of Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 21.49 km2 and had a population of 1,585 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,669. Administratively, the island forms a district (''distrik'') within the Yapen Islands Regency, and is sub-divided into 8 villages (''desa'') of which the administrative centre is Kirimbri. Its inhabitants speak the Kurudu language, one of the Yapen languages. History Kurudu Island, or known as ''Miobo Krudu'' by local peoples, is one of the islands included in the Yapen Islands, Papua province. It is said that this island was known in the past as a supplier of goods, both between fellow Papuan traders and with traders from outside. This can be known through various records of Europeans who have visited this island during the Dutch East India Company era until the arrival of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''villa''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Indonesia
In Indonesia, district or ambiguously subdistrict, is the third-level Subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision, below Regency (Indonesia), regency or City status in Indonesia, city. The local term is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term is used in Western New Guinea, provinces in Papua. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the term ''kapanewon'' is used for districts within the regencies, while the term ' is used for districts within Yogyakarta, the province's only city. According to Statistics Indonesia, there are a total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural ' and urban '). During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term ''district'' referred to ''kewedanan'', a subdivision of regency, while ' was translated as ''subdistrict'' (). Following the abolition of ''kewedanan'', the term ''district'' began to be associated with ' which has since been directly administered by regency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Yapen Earthquake
The 1979 Yapen earthquake occurred on September 12 at 05:17:51 UTC. It had an epicenter near the coast of Yapen Island in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Measuring 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale and having a depth of , it caused severe damage on the island. At least 115 were killed due to shaking and a moderate tsunami. Tectonic setting The northern coast of New Guinea is situated in a region of east–west oblique plate convergence between the Australian and Pacific plates. The oceanic crust of the Pacific plate subducts obliquely beneath New Guinea and nearby islands along the New Britain Trench and Manokwari Trough. A large component of this oblique convergence is accommodated by east–west left-lateral shear at a rate of 80 mm/yr. The shear zone is approximately long and is a complex zone of faults. The Sorong, Koor, Ransiki and Yapen faults are the largest structures forming the shear zone. Earthquake The earthquake occurred due to left-lateral strike-slip faulting on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapen
Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island across the Mios Num Strait, and to the east Kurudu Island. Off the southeast coast of Yapen are the Amboi Islands and to the southwest are the Kuran Islands. Together these islands form the Yapen Islands Regency within the province of Papua. It is populated with communities of Yobi, Randowaya, Serui, and Ansus. Its highest point is . First recorded sighting by Europeans is by Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Álvaro de Saavedra who landed on 24 June 1528 when trying to return from Tidore to New Spain. It was then charted as ''Paine'' within the ''Islas de Oro'' (Golden Islands in Spanish), as they called Yapen and the present day Schouten Islands, Schoutens. In 1545 it was visited by Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenderawasih Bay
Cenderawasih Bay (, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay () and formerly Geelvink Bay (), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia. Geography ''Cenderawasih Bay'' is a large bay to the northwest of the Indonesian province of Papua, north of the province of Central Papua, and east of the province of West Papua, between the Bird's Head Peninsula and the mouth of the Mamberamo River. The bay is more than 300 kilometers wide. The coastline from Manokwari, in the northwest of the bay, to Cape d'Urville at the mouth of the Mamberamo is more than 700 kilometers long. To the south, the Wandammen Peninsula heads north into the bay. Important places along the coast are Manokwari, Ransiki, Wasior and Nabire. The Wamma River, Tabai River, Warenai River, and Wapoga River empty into the Bay. History The Dutch name of the bay was after the frigate ''De Geelvink'' with which Jacob Weyland sailed through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
