Asmat Regency

Asmat Regency Kabupaten Asmat
Regency
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Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Ja Asamanam Apcamar (Onward with Balance)
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Coordinates: 5°22′46″S 138°27′48″E / 5.3795°S 138.4634°E / -5.3795; 138.4634
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Papua
Regency seat	Agats
Government
• Regent	Elisa Kambu
• Vice Regent	Thomas E. Safanpo
Area
• Total	31,983.44 km2 (12,348.88 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	116,200
• Density	3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Demographics [2]
• Religion	Christianity 93.28% –Catholicism 56.44% –Protestantism 36.84% Islam 6.68% Hinduism 0.03% Buddhism 0.01%
• Language	Indonesian (official) Asmat, Kamoro (native) Papuan Malay (lingua franca)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 902
Website	asmatkab.go.id

Asmat Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the northwestern portion of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is bounded to the southwest by the Arafura Sea, to the southeast and east by Mappi Regency, to the north by Highland Papua Province and to the northwest by Central Papua Province. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it had been a part) on 12 November 2002.

Asmat Regency consists of an area of 31,983.44 km², and had a population of 76,577 at the 2010 Census,^[3] 88,373 at the 2015 Intermediate Census,^[4] and 110,105 at the 2020 Census,^[5] while the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 116,200 (comprising 60,099 males and 56,101 females),^[1] mostly from the Asmat ethnic group. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of Agats.