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The phrase "Sorong to Samarai" is commonly used throughout Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Papua to express solidarity and oneness and makes reference to both Sorong, a town in Southwest Papua, Indonesia and Samarai, a small township being one of the easternmost point located in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Sapta Ratna Pagoda is a Chinese pagoda in Sorong, Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. [1] [2]Each month about 7,000 locals and foreigners visit the pagoda. The Sapta Ratna Pagoda was built in the late 1990s. It has undergone minor restorations in the 2010s. It has seven
English: A map of the islands off the coast of Kota Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Map projection: transverse Mercator, central meridian: 130.5 Map extent: north-south -0.81552 to -0.95371, west-east 131.16753 to 131.30574 (decimal degrees).
Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sorong) is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. [2] It covers an area of 13,075.28 km 2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census, [3] and 118,679 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 129,963 (comprising 68,564 males and 61,399 females). [1]
This type of city and regency in Indonesia is only found in Jakarta which consisted of five administrative cities and one administrative regency. As of January 2023, there were 514-second-level administrative divisions (416 regencies and 98 cities) in Indonesia. [3] The list below groups regencies and cities in Indonesia by provinces.
After the handover of Papua to Indonesia, growth of Sorong forced the movement of the city to the mainland around 1965, [1] although the island initially remained developed relative to mainland Sorong until the latter grew, with Doom being called the "star island" in the 1970s and 80s due to its relatively bright lights. [14]