Kwoor or Koor is a village in
Kwoor,
Tambrauw Regency
Tambrauw Regency () is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia, in the Bird's Head Peninsula of Papua Island. It was created on 29 October 2008 from what had been an eastern part of Sorong Regency, originally as pa ...
of
Southwest Papua
Southwest Papua (; ) is the 38th provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua (province), West Papua on 8 December 2022. Despite being named "southwest", this is actually a misnomer and this prov ...
,
Indonesia
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on the northern coast of the
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: , , meaning Bird's Head in Indonesian and Dutch) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai'') is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indones ...
. As of 1994 it was reported to have a population of 589 people.
History
In the 1950s, the Koor river basin was explored by the Dutch. The area was affected by a very large
earthquake doublet in early 2009, with recorded
moment magnitudes of 7.6 and 7.4, that had their epicentre near the town of
Waibeem to the east of Koor. The earthquakes prompted a widespread
tsunami alert in the Pacific region.
Koor and this stretch of coast of northwest Papua are noted for their
seaturtles, possessing one of the largest colonies of the
leatherback turtle in the world.
A reserve has been proposed, known as the Wewe-Koor Nature Reserve, which would protect this stretch of the coastline.
Along with the proposed Jamursba-Medi and Sausapor reserves the three reserves combined would protect 85 km of the coastline.
Geography
Koor is located on the western side of the mouth of the
Koor River. The Koor River flows down from the
Tosem-Koor Mountains, a rugged massif which has a maximum elevation of around 1700 metres. A sand
spit lies at the mouth of the river, to the northeast of the village. Several of the village buildings are located on the sandy beach and others are located further inland under the protection of vegetation. Geologically the village lies on a part of Irian Jaya called the
Koor Fault. The villagers speak a language known as the
Abun language
Abun, also known as Yimbun, Anden, Manif, or Karon Pantai, is a Papuan language spoken by the Abun people along the northern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula in Sausapor District, Tambrauw Regency. It is not closely related to any other lang ...
, common to this coastline.
References
External links
Photo of a Dutch expedition from 1954 along the Koor River
Populated places in Southwest Papua
Populated places in Tambrauw
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