Waropen Regency

Waropen Regency
Kabupaten Waropen
Regency
Port of Sanggei within a mangrove area
Port of Sanggei within a mangrove area
Coat of arms of Waropen Regency
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Ndi Sowosio Ndi Korako
Location in Papua Province
Location in Papua Province
Waropen Regency is located in Western New Guinea
Waropen Regency
Waropen Regency
Location in Indonesian Papua
Waropen Regency is located in Indonesia
Waropen Regency
Waropen Regency
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 1°52′S 137°06′E / 1.867°S 137.100°E / -1.867; 137.100
Country Indonesia
ProvincePapua
CapitalBotawa [id]
Government
 • RegentYermias Bisai
 • Vice RegentHendrik Wonatorei
Area
 • Total10,843.97 km2 (4,186.88 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total37,643
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code(+62) 981
Websitewww.waropenkab.go.id

Waropen Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 10,843.97 km2, and it had a population of 24,639 at the 2010 Census[2] and 33,943 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 37,643 - comprising 19,754 males and 17,889 females.[1] The capital is the town of Botawa [id].

Originally, this area comprised those districts of the former Yapen Waropen Regency which lay on the Papuan mainland, but that regency was split in two on 12 November 2002 (effective on 11 December 2002), to form the Waropen Regency on the Papuan mainland and the Yapen Islands Regency consisting of Yapen Island and some smaller islands in Cenderawasih Bay.

The languages of the East Geelvink Bay family, which include the Waropen language, are spoken in the regency.[4] The main ethnic groups that inhabit this regency are the Waropen people, and the Biak who generally inhabit coastal areas.[5]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Waropen Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9115)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  5. ^ "Sistem kepemimpinan Sera orang Waropen". jubi.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 July 2022.