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South Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Sorong Selatan) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia.It has an area of 6,570.23 km 2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census [2] and 52,469 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 54,277 (comprising 27,833 males and 26,444 females). [1]
Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022. [4] Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua.
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]
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
The special autonomy for both provinces was renewed in 2021, including a renewal and increase of the special autonomy fund. [10] Included in this new legislation was the provision to create new provinces, and in July 2022 new national legislation split South Papua , Central Papua , Highland Papua from Papua [ 11 ] through Law Number 14 of 2022 ...
The district includes the town of Kaibus (which serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency) and its northern suburb of Kohoin. The district had a population of 11,627 at the 2010 Census [ 2 ] and 19,491 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 19,876. [ 1 ]
Sailolof (also known as Kampung Sailolof) is a small port town in the province of Southwest Papua, Indonesia, some 1,686 miles from Jakarta.It is located on the west coast of Salawati Island in Sorong Regency. and is the administrative centre for the South Salawati District (Kecamatan Salawati Selatan) of Sorong Regency.
Sorong experienced rapid growth during the decade from 2010, and further growth is anticipated as Sorong becomes linked by road to other frontier towns in Papua's Bird's Head Peninsula. The official estimate of population as of mid 2023 was 294,978 - comprising 154,543 males and 140,435 females. [ 1 ]