South Sorong 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 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 Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 56,979 (comprising 29,169 males and 27,123 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sorong Selatan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9106) The administrative centre is the town of Kaibus in

Teminabuan Teminabuan is an administrative district (''distrik'') in South Sorong Regency, in Southwest Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian an ...

District.

Geography

South Sorong Regency is located in the western part of Papua Island. Geographically, South Sorong Regency at position 131º 421 0” east longitude - 132º 581 12” east longitude and 0º 55' 12” east longitude - 2º 17' 24” east longitude.

to the north it is bordered by the
Sorong Regency Sorong Regency () is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 13,075.28 km2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 118,679 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusa ...
;
in the east it is bordered 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 ...
and
Maybrat Regency Maybrat Regency is a regency of Southwest Papua Province of Indonesia. 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. th ...
;
to the south it is bordered by Bintuni Bay and the Seram Sea;
to the west it is bordered by the Seram Sea and
Sorong Regency Sorong Regency () is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 13,075.28 km2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 118,679 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusa ...
.

Languages

Indigenous languages spoken in South Sorong Regency include Tehit, Inanwatan, Yahadian, Kais, Kokoda, Konda, and Puragi.

Administrative districts

South Sorong Regency comprises fifteen

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sorong Selatan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9106) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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 ...

s in each district (totaling 121 rural ''kampung'' and 2 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code. Notes: (a) including 2 ''kelurahan'' - Kaibus (with 4,743 inhabitants in mid 2022) and Kohoin (1,955 inhabitants).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2023, ''Distrik Teminabuan Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9106070)
(b) the 2010 population of Salkma District is included in the figure for Sawiat District, from which it was later split.
(c) the 2010 population of Kais Darat District is included in the figure for Kais District, from which it was later split.

References

External links

Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
Regencies of Southwest Papua {{SwPapua-geo-stub