Supiori Regency ( id, Kabupaten Supiori) is a
regency
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in the
Indonesia
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n
province of Papua. The Regency has an area of 634.24 km
2 including the Aruri Islands group to the south, and had a population of 15,874 at the 2010 Census and 22,547 at the 2020 Census. Until 8 January 2004, this area was part of the
Biak Numfor Regency, from which it was split off in accordance with the Law (''Undang-Undang RI No.35 Tahun 2003'') dated 18 December 2003.
Geography
It comprises mainly the island of
Supiori, one of the
Schouten Islands
The Schouten Islands ( id, Kepulauan Biak, also Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New ...
within
Cenderawasih Bay off the north coast of Papua province (the rest of the Schouten Islands comprise the separate Biak Numfor Regency); the island is connected to Biak Island by a bridge. The Supiori Regency also includes the Aruri Islands to the south of Supiori, comprising the small coral islands Aruri (Insumbabi) and Rani Island as well as over a hundred smaller islets. Its West Supiori District also includes
Mapia Atoll to the northwest, approximately 290 kilometers north of the city of
Manokwari.
Administrative Districts
The existing regency comprises five
districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the administrative centre of each district, the number of administrative villages (''desa'' and ''kelurahan'') and minor islands within each district, and its post code.
Notes: (a) includes the southwestern portion of Supiori Island, as well as the 111 minor islands. (b) the offshore islands of Pulau Ayami and Pulau Miosfuar.
Climate
Sorendiweri, the seat of the regency has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Papua
Regencies of Papua (province)
Schouten Islands