Yapen Islands Regency is a
regency
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(''kabupaten'') in
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 ...
of eastern
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It covers an area of , and had a population of 82,951 at the 2010 Census and 112,676 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 114,210. It comprises an archipelago which lies in
Cenderawasih Bay
Cenderawasih Bay ( id, Teluk Cenderawasih, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay ( id, Teluk Sarera) and formerly Geelvink Bay ( nl, Geelvinkbaai), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guine ...
off the north coast of
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, or Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea which is administered by Indonesia. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region ...
.
Geography
The regency includes the islands and island groups of the Yapen Islands
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
, including the main
Yapen island
Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island a ...
. Its capital is Serui (part of Yapen Selatan district). The area is seismically active. A
magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 1979 caused serious destruction and a tsunami, killing 115 people.
Administrative Districts
The Yapen Islands Regency in 2010 comprised twelve
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''distrik''); however, by 2018 four additional districts has been created (Anotaurei, Pulau Kurudu, Pulau Yerui and Yawakukat), bringing the total to sixteen, which are subdivided into 165 administrative "villages". The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with official estimates as at mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] Kurudu Island (''Pulau Kurudu'') lies to the east of Yapen, and Num Island (''Pulau Yerui'') lies to the west of Yapen, while the Ambai Islands (''Kepulauan Ambai'') lie immediately off the south coast of Yapen. The table also includes the name of the administrative centre of each district, the number of administrative villages in each district (160 rural ''desa'' and 5 urban ''kelurahan'' in total) and its post code.
Notes: Kepulauan Ambai District consists of 17 islands; Yapen Barat District includes 20 offshore islands, while Angkaisera District includes three offshore islands and Wonawa District includes five offshore islands.
(a) the 2010 figure for Pulau Kurudu District is included in that for Yapen Timur District, from which it was split.
(b) the 2010 figure for Pulau Yerui District is included in that for Yapen Barat District, from which it was split.
(c) the 2010 figure for Aotaurei District is included in that for Yapen Selatan District, from which it was split.
(d) the 2010 figure for Yawakukat District is included in that for Angkaisera District, from which it was split.
Climate
Serui has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...
(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
See also
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References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
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Regencies of Papua (province)
Cenderawasih Bay