Tambrauw Regency

Tambrauw Regency is a regency of West Papua, Indonesia.

Tambrauw Regency

Kabupaten Tambrauw
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Menjetu, Menjedik, Memben Suksno
(We are brothers, united in heart, to build)
Location in Indonesian Papua
Tambrauw Regency
Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 0.6051°S 132.4896°E / -0.6051; 132.4896
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Papua
CapitalFef
Government
 • RegentGabriel Assem
 • Vice RegentMesak Matusalak
Area
 • Total11,592.18 km2 (4,475.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total20,212
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Postcodes
98473
Area code(+62) 969
Websitetambrauwkab.go.id

Geography

In 2010 its area covered 5,179.65 km2, and it had a population of just 6,145 at the 2010 Census.[1] However, in 2013 the existing regency was expanded by the addition of four districts from Manokwari Regency (Kebar, Amberbaken, Mubarni/Arfu and Senopi) and by one district (Moraid) from Sorong Regency. The administrative centre lies at the village of Fef. The Regency had an estimated population (as at mid 2016) of 13,615. It is served by Werur Airport.[2]

Languages

The language isolates Abun and Mpur are spoken in Tambrauw Regency. Moraid, Meyah, and other languages are also spoken in the regency.[3]

History

In 2012, a famine and disease outbreak killed 95 people in Tambrauw Regency.[4]

Administrative Districts

In 2010 the existing regency comprised seven districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census,[5] together with their estimated populations in mid 2013:[6]

DistrictArea
in km2		Population
2010 Census		Population
2013 Estimate
Fef562.87428436
Syujak244.64211214
Miyah411.56363364
Abun837.76602617
Kwoor1,430.77931956
Sausapor633.232,6332,764
Yembun1,058.829761,000

The four districts which were added from Manokwari Regency and the single district added from Sorong Regency in 2013 are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census,[7] together with their estimated populations in mid 2013:[8]


DistrictArea
in km2		Population
2010 Census		Population
2013 Estimate
Kebar1,858.862,0212,031
Senopi2,539.79755759
Amberbaken866.751,8761,887
Mubrani/Arfu213.08669673
Moraid871.061,7271,796

Subsequent to 2013, seventeen further districts were subsequently created by the division of existing districts, and the total in the regency now comprises twenty-nine districts in all. The areas and populations of these new districts are not yet available, but the number of administrative villages (desa and kelurahan) in each of these districts in 2020 is listed below, together with their post codes:

References
  1. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. Werur Airport – Directorate General of Civil Aviation
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  4. Rakhmat, Muhammad Zulfikar; Tarahita, Dikanaya (February 28, 2018). "An Indonesian District Isolated From Development". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  7. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  8. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
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