Sorong Regency () is a
regency
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of
the Southwest Papua province of
Indonesia
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. It covers an area of 13,075.28 km
2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census,
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 118,679 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 129,669 (comprising 67,118 males and 62,551 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sorong Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9107)] Its administrative centre is the town of Aimas. Sorong Regency surrounds Sorong City (''Kota'') on the landward side; the city is administratively independent of the Regency and is not included in the above statistics;
Sorong City has an airport,
Sorong Airport, which also serves the Regency.
Geography
Sorong Regency is one of the regencies which is administratively included in the territory of the new Southwest Papua Province. Sorong Regency is located at 00° 33' 42” - 01° 35' 29" South Latitude and 130° 40' 49" - 132° 13' 48” East Longitude.
[Direktorat Jendral Cipta Karya Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat, Jakarta, 2021]
Administrative Districts
At the time of the 2010 Census, the Sorong Regency was divided into eighteen administrative
districts
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(''distrik''). However, since 2013 Moraid District has been transferred to the expanded
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 ...
, while thirteen additional districts have been created in Sorong Regency by the division of existing districts. Thus Sorong Regency now comprises thirty
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together with the official estimates as of mid-2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sorong Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9107)]
The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 231 rural ''kampung'' and 26 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postcode.
While the areas given above for the districts are exactly as given in BPS official statistics, they are highly questionable (note the repetition of certain values).
Notes: (a) the 2010 population of the new districts is included with the figures for the districts from which they were separated.
(b) includes 1 ''kelurahan'' (Makbon - the district centre).
(c) Notwithstanding the names, Salawati District and Salawati Timur District - the latter now called Moisigin district - do not lie on Salawati Island, but on the Papuan 'mainland'.
(d) comprises 4 ''kelurahan'' (Katinim, Mararan, Majener, and Matawolat) and 3 ''kampung''.
(e) comprises 3 ''kelurahan'' (Makbalim, Makbosun, and Mayamuk) and 8 ''kampung''.
(f) Salawati Selatan District and Salawati Tengah District are situated on the island of
Salawati and are thus geographically part of the
Raja Ampat island group.
Note particularly that
Raja Ampat Regency also contains a district on Salawati Island which is confusingly also named "Salawati Tengah".
(g) the 2010 population of the new Salawati Tengah District is included with the figure for Salawati Selatan District from which it was separated.
(h) comprises 11 ''kelurahan'' (Aimas, Klabinain, Klafma, Klaigit, Malagusa, Malasom, Malawele, Malawili, Mariat Gunung, Mariat Pantai, and Warmon) and 3 ''kampung''.
(j) comprises 7 ''kelurahan'' (Jamaimo, Klamalu, Klamasen, Klaru, Klasukuk, Maklalut, and Mariyai) and 4 ''kampung''.
Climate
Aimas, the seat of the regency has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. Unlike most parts of Indonesia, it experiences a rainfall maximum during the low-sun season due to local wind currents.
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
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Regencies of Southwest Papua