Sausapor (alternates: Sansapor
Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography
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; Dupuy; HarperCollins 1992; pages=462 or Tandjong Sausapor) is a small town and district in the
Tambrauw Regency
Tambrauw Regency is a regency of Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia.
Geography
Tambrauw Regency is a new regency located in Bird's head region of Papua Island. Geographically, Tambrauw. Regency is located at 132035' East Longitude (East Longitude ...
of
Southwest Papua
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,
Indonesia
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. The town is located on the northern coast of the
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces o ...
, also known as the Vogelkop Peninsula. According to the 2010 census, the ''kecamatan'' has a population of 2,633, and more recent figures reveal around 1000 people living in the main town of Sausapor. Sausapor is a major breeding ground for
sea turtle
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s and bird habitat.
History
Roman Catholicism
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spread to Sausapor during the Dutch colonial period when the villagers favoured a Catholic mission effectively governing them rather than a formal Dutch Protestant government. Historically, it has been noted as a cloth producing centre.
World War II
In preparation for Operation Typhoon (code name for the planned US Army landings on the Vogelkop Peninsula), on June 17, 1944,