Keerom Regency

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Keerom Regency
Kabupaten Keerom
Regency
Lambang Kabupaten Keerom.jpeg
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Tamne Yisan Kefase
(Unite to Build)
91.11.00 Papua Keerom.svg
Keerom Regency is located in Western New Guinea
Keerom Regency
Keerom Regency
Coordinates: 3°18′00″S 140°37′00″E / 3.3000°S 140.6167°E / -3.3000; 140.6167Coordinates: 3°18′00″S 140°37′00″E / 3.3000°S 140.6167°E / -3.3000; 140.6167
Country Indonesia
ProvincePapua
Capital
Government
 • RegentCelcius Watae
 • Vice RegentMuhammad Markum
Area
 • Total9,365 km2 (3,616 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total61,623
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Demographics
[2]
 • ReligionChristianism 54,78%
–Protestantism 29,26%
–Catholicism 25,52%
Islam 44,70%
Hinduism 0,50%
Buddhism 0,02%
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code(+62) 971
Websitewww.keeromkab.go.id

Keerom Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the eastern districts then within Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 9,365 km2, and had a population of 48,536 at the 2010 Census[3] and 61,623 at the 2020 Census.[4] The regency's administrative centre is at . It borders Green River Rural LLG and Amanab Rural LLG of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

Languages[]

Border languages (Awyi, Waris, Manem, Sowanda), Pauwasi languages (Emem, Zorop, Tebi), Namla-Tofanma languages, Dera, Elseng, and Usku are the local indigenous Papuan languages spoken in Keerom Regency.[5]

Administrative districts[]

As at 2010, the Keerom regency comprised seven districts (distrik), but another four districts (Yaffi, Kaisenar, Arso Barat and Mannem) were added subsequently by splitting of existing districts.[6] These eleven districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[7] and the 2020 Census.[8] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.[9]

District Area
in km2		 Population
2010
Census		 Population
2020
Census		 Admin
centre		 Number
of
villages		 Post
code
Web 714.43 2,440 1,483 Umuaf 6 99462
Towe 711.75 2,340 896 Towe Hitam 10 99466
Yaffi 481.43 (a) 1,201 Yabanda 7 99463
Senggi 2,538.00 2,737 2,695 Senggi 7 99464
Kaisenar 405.45 (a) 350 Kaisenar 5 99465
Waris 911.94 3,052 3,425 Pund 8 99467
Arso 1,381.43 20,214 15,190 Arso Kota 12 99471
Arso Timur
(East Arso)		 340.48 4,766 3,163 Yetty 9 99472
Arso Barat
(West Arso)		 215.08 (a) 11,823 Sanggaria 8 99473
Mannem 160.36 (a) 4,398 Wonorejo 7 99468
Skanto 1,504.65 12,987 17,000 Jaifuri 12 99469
Totals 9,365.00 48,536 61,623 91

Notes: (a) the 2010 population for this district is included in the figure for the district from which the new district was cut out. Web, Towe, Yaffi, Waris, and Arso Timur districts have land borders with Papua New Guinea.

References[]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ "Penduduk Menurut Wilayah dan Agama yang Dianut di Kabupaten Keerom". www.sp2010.bps.go.id. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  6. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten Keerom. Kabupaten Keerom Dalam Angka 2018.
  7. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  8. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  9. ^ "Daftar Kecamatan / Distrik di Kabupaten Keerom". www.nomor.net. 2019.

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