Asmat Regency is a

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

(''kabupaten'') in the northern portion of the

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 ...

n province of

South Papua South Papua, officially the South Papua Province ( id, Provinsi Papua Selatan), is an Indonesian province located in the southern portion of Papua, following the borders of Papuan customary region of Anim Ha. Formally established on 11 November 2 ...

. It was split off from

Merauke Regency Merauke Regency is a regency in the far south of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It covers an area of 46,791.63 km2, and had a population of 195,716 at the 2010 Census and 230,932 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2 ...

(of which it had been a part) on 12 November 2002. Asmat Regency consists of an area of 31,983.44 km², and had a population of 76,577 at the 2010 Census, 88,373 at the 2015 Intermediate Census, and 110,105 at the 2020 Census, mostly from the Asmat ethnic group. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of Agats. A measles outbreak and

famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompani ...

killed at least 72 people in Asmat regency in early 2018, during which 652 children were affected by measles and 223 suffered from malnutrition.

Administrative districts

Asmat Regency in 2010 comprised eight districts (''distrik''), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census. However, by 2012 the number of districts had increased to nineteen; the eleven additional districts created in 2011 and 2012 were Kopay, Der Koumur, Safan, Sirets, Ayip, Betcbamu, Kolf Braza, Jetsy, Unir Sirau, Joerat, and Pulau Tiga. In 2016 another four districts were created (Awyu, Aswi, Joutu and Koroway Buluanop), bringing the total to twenty-three districts, comprising 221 administrative villages. The districts are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

Villages

*Atsy *Bis Agats *

Omandesep Omandesep (also spelled Omanesep) is a village in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. Omandesep is situated to the south of the villages of Agats Agats is a town in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. An elevated settlement on a tidal plain, ...

Otsjanep Otsjanep is a village in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. The village is located on the bank of the Ewta river at the far north end of Indonesia's Casuarina Coast, named for its casuarina trees but now disappearing due to logging. Otsjanep is ...

References

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Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Authority control Regencies of South Papua Populated places established in 2002 2002 establishments in Indonesia

Administrative districts

Villages

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