Maybrat Regency is a

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Southwest Papua Southwest Papua (; ) is the 38th provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua (province), West Papua on 8 December 2022. Despite being named "southwest", this is actually a misnomer and this prov ...

Province of

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. It has an area of , and had a population of 33,081 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 42,991 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 46,287 (comprising 23,330 males and 22,957 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maybrat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9210) The administrative centre is the town of Kumurkek, in Aifat District. The

Maybrat language Maybrat is a Papuan languages, Papuan language spoken in the central parts of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. Maybrat is also known as Ayamaru, after the name of its principal dialect, while the divergent ...

is spoken in the regency.

Geography

Maybrat Regency is located in the western part of Papua Island. Geographically, Maybrat Regency is located at 131º 421 0” east longitude - 132º 581 12” east and 0º 55' 12” south longitude - 2º 17' 24” south longitude. It is the provinces's only landlocked regency, and is bordered: *to the north by

Tambrauw Regency Tambrauw Regency () is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia, in the Bird's Head Peninsula of Papua Island. It was created on 29 October 2008 from what had been an eastern part of Sorong Regency, originally as pa ...

(Fef District, Senopi District and Kebar District); *to the east by

Teluk Bintuni Regency Teluk Bintuni Regency or Bintuni Bay Regency is a regency of West Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 18,637 km2, comprising administrative districts on three sides of Bintuni Bay, a gulf that separates the Bird's Head Peninsula an ...

of West Papua Province (North Moskona District, Masyeta District and South Moskona District); *to the south by

South Sorong Regency South Sorong Regency () is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It has an area of 6,570.23 km2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 52,469 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Sta ...

(Kais District, Moswaren District, and Wayer District).Direktorat Jendral Cipta Karya Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat, Jakarta, 2021 *to the west by

(Teminabuan District, Sawiat District and Fokour District).

Administrative Districts

At the 2010 Census, the Maybrat Regency comprised eleven

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(''distrik''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census. In 2013 thirteen additional districts were formed by division from the existing districts; these are included below, together with the populations at the 2020 Census of all twenty-four current districts, and their official estimates as at mid 2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Maybrat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9210) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 259 rural ''kampung'' and 1 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post codes. Notes:
(a) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Selatan Jaya District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo Barat District, from which it was divided.
(b) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aitinyo Tengah District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo District, from which it was divided.
(c) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aifat Timur Selatan District are included in the total figures for Aifat Selatan District, from which it was divided.
(d) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aitinyo Raya District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo Utara District, from which it was divided.
(e) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Timur Selatan District are included in the total figures for Ayamaru Timur District, from which it was divided.
(f) including the ''kelurahan'' of Ayamaru (town).
(g) The areas and 2010 Census populations of what are now Ayamaru Selatan, Ayamaru Jaya, Ayamaru Tengah and Ayamaru Barat Districts are included in the total figures for Ayamaru District, from which they were all divided.
(h) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Utara Timur District are included in the total figures for Ayamaru Utara District, from which it was divided.
(j) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Mare Selatan District are included in the total figures for Mare District, from which it was divided.
(k) The areas and 2010 Census populations of what are now Aifat Timur Tengah and Aifat Timur Jauh Districts are included in the total figures for Aifat Timur District, from which they were both divided.

Climate

Kumurkek has a

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(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Southwest Papua Regencies of Southwest Papua