Maybrat Regency is a

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Southwest Papua Southwest Papua ( id, Papua Barat Daya) is a province of Indonesia, and is a fraction of Western New Guinea. Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua. The area that belo ...

Province of

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. It has an area of , and had a population of 33,081 at the 2010 Census and 42,991 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 43,364. The administrative centre is the town of Kumurkek. The

Maybrat language Maybrat is a Papuan language spoken in the central parts of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. Maybrat is also known as Ayamaru, after the name of its principal dialect, while the divergent Karon Dori diale ...

is spoken in the regency.

Geography

Maybrat Regency is located in the western part of Papua Island. Geographically, Maybrat Regency is position 131º 421 0” east longitude - 132º 581 12” east and 0º 55' 12” south longitude - 2º 17' 24” south longitude. Maybrat . County border area:

to the north is bordered by Fef District, Senopi District and Kebar District;
to the east is bordered by North Moskona District and South Moskona District;
to the south it is bordered by Kokoda District and Kais District;
in the west it is bordered by Moswaren District, Wayer District and Sawiat District;

Administrative Districts

At the 2010 Census, the Maybrat Regency comprised eleven districts (''distrik''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census. In 2013 thirteen additional districts were formed by division from the existing districts; these are included below, together with the populations at the 2020 Census of all twenty-four current districts.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each of the districts, and their post codes. Notes:
(a) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Selatan Jaya District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo Barat District, from which it was divided.
(b) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aitinyo Tengah District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo District, from which it was divided.
(c) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aifat Timur Selatan District are included in the total figures for Aifat Selatan District, from which it was divided.
(d) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Aitinyo Raya District are included in the total figures for Aitinyo Utara District, from which it was divided.
(e) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Timur Selatan District are included in the total figures for Ayamaru Timur District, from which it was divided.
(f) The areas and 2010 Census populations of what are now Ayamaru Selatan, Ayamaru Jaya, Ayamaru Tengah and Ayamaru Barat Districts are included in the total figures for Ayamaru District, from which they were all divided.
(g) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Ayamaru Utara Timur District are included in the total figures for Ayamaru Utara District, from which it was divided.
(h) The area and 2010 Census population of what is now Mare Selatan District are included in the total figures for Mare District, from which it was divided.
(j) The areas and 2010 Census populations of what are now Aifat Timur Tengah and Aifat Timur Jauh Districts are included in the total figures for Aifat Timur District, from which they were both divided.

Climate

Kumurkek has a

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(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)
{{Southwest Papua Regencies of Southwest Papua