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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.
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]
Southwest Papua boasts a prestigious educational institution, SMA Averos Kota Sorong. As per the College Entrance Test Institute (LTMPT), this school secured the highest position among all the schools in Papua Island based on the 2022 Computer-Based Written Examination.
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]
There is a settlement covering the north and east coasts of the island. It has a population of 1,378 (according to the official estimate for mid 2021) and constitutes a kelurahan within the district of Sorong Islands within the City of Sorong. Outside the settlement, and apart from a small mangrove patch in the southeast, the island is covered ...
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
Raam, also spelt Ram, is an island in Southwest Papua province of Indonesia, located off the northwestern tip of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It lies at a distance of about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the coast of the city of Sorong (of which it is administratively part), and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the islands of Doom and Soop (or Tsiof).
Teminabuan is a district in South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia.The district includes the town of Kaibus (which serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency) and its northern suburb of Kohoin.