Keerom Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the

Papua Province Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the ...

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. It was formed from the eastern districts then within

Jayapura Regency Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia. It is situated to the west of but does not include the city of Jayapura. Previously covering most of the north-east portion of Papua province, it was reduced ...

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 and 61,623 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 62,157. The regency's administrative centre is at Waris. It borders

Green River Rural LLG Green River Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located along the border with Keerom Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. Rivers Rivers that flow through the LLG include the Samaia River. La ...

and

Amanab Rural LLG Amanab Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located along the border with Keerom Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia. Kwomtari languages and Senagi languages are spoken in Amanab Rural LLG. Wa ...

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Languages

Border languages (Awyi, Waris, Manem, Sowanda),

Pauwasi languages The Pauwasi languages are a likely family of Papuan languages, mostly in Indonesia. The subfamilies are at best only distantly related. The best described Pauwasi language is Karkar, across the border in Papua New Guinea. They are spoken around t ...

(Emem, Zorop, Tebi), Namla-Tofanma languages, Dera, Elseng, and Usku are the local indigenous Papuan languages spoken in Keerom Regency.

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. These eleven districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census. 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. Note that geographically the first five districts listed below comprise the southern half of the regency, while the remaining six districts comprise the northern half. Notes: (a) Web, Towe, Yaffi, Waris, and Arso Timur districts have land borders with

. (b) the 2010 population for this district is included in the figure for the district from which the new district was cut out.

References

External links

Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Authority control Regencies of Papua (province)