Manokwari Regency is a
regency
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in
West Papua,
Indonesia
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. Following the splitting away of twenty of its former districts in 2013, it now covers an area of 3,168.28 km
2 and had a population of 192,663 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre (
regency seat
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) is presently at the town of
Manokwari
Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status. It is also the administrative seat of Manokwari Regency. However, under pro ...
, which is also the capital of the province, but under proposals currently under consideration by the Indonesian Parliament, the town is intended to be split off from the regency to form a separate independent city.
Administration
At the 2010 Census, Manokwari Regency comprised 29
districts
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(''Kecamatan'') with an area of 34,970 km
2 and a 2010 Census population of 187,726, but in 2013 two new regencies -
South Manokwari Regency
South Manokwari Regency is a regency of West Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed in 2013 from the southern districts of Manokwari Regency. The population of the area now comprised in the new regency was 18,564 at the 2010 Census, which rose ...
(''Manokwari Selantan'') with six districts, and
Arfak Mountains Regency
Arfak Mountains Regency (''Kabupaten Pegunungan Arfak'') is a regency of the West Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed in 2013 from the western districts of Manokwari Regency. The areas now comprised in the new regency had a population of 2 ...
(''Pegunungan Arfak'') with ten districts - were created from parts of the Manokwari Regency, while the most westerly four districts (Kebar, Amberbaken, Mubrani and Senopi, which were the largest in area of the remaining districts, although sparsely populated) were removed from Manokwari Regency and added to the
Tambrauw Regency
Tambrauw Regency is a regency of Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia.
Geography
Tambrauw Regency is a new regency located in Bird's head region of Papua Island. Geographically, Tambrauw. Regency is located at 132035' East Longitude (East Longitud ...
.
The residual area of Manokwari Regency thus comprised nine districts, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] The table also includes the location of the district centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal code.
Notes: (a) except for the village of Mebji, with a post code of 98315. (b) except for the villages of Manokwari Timur (with a post code of 98311) and Amban (with a post code of 98314). (c) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Lemon and Pulau Mansinam. (d) except for the two villages of Arowi and Pasir Putih (with a post code of 98313). (e) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Irbor, Pulau Irbor Utara, Pulau Kaki and Pulau Waisupi. (g) includes the offshore island of Pulau Raimuti.
References
External links
Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
Manokwari
Regencies of West Papua (province)
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