Mamberamo Raya Regency

Mamberamo Raya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province, Indonesia; it was created on 15 March 2007 from parts of Sarmi Regency and Waropen Regency. It covers an area of 23,813.91 km2, and had a population of 18,365 at the 2010 Census[2] which had virtually doubled to 36,483 at the 2020 Census.[3] The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 36,989.[4] The administrative centre is at Burmeso.

Mamberamo Raya Regency
Kabupaten Mamberamo Raya
Coat of arms of Mamberamo Raya Regency
Motto: 
Mecom Cirimo Ecipiri Punum Mate
Mamberamo Raya Regency is located in Western New Guinea
Mamberamo Raya Regency
Mamberamo Raya Regency
Mamberamo Raya Regency is located in Indonesia
Mamberamo Raya Regency
Mamberamo Raya Regency
Mamberamo Raya Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 2.2356°S 137.7823°E / -2.2356; 137.7823
Country Indonesia
ProvincePapua
CapitalBurmeso
Government
  RegentDorinus Dasinapa
  Vice RegentYakobus Britay
Area
  Total23,813.91 km2 (9,194.60 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2021 estimate)[1]
  Total36,989
  Density1.6/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code(+62) 969
Websitemamberamorayakab.go.id

Languages

Languages spoken in Mamberamo Raya Regency:[5]

Administrative Districts

At the 2010 Census the regency comprised eight districts (distrik), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[6] and the 2020 Census.[7] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code. A ninth district (Iwaso, with its district centre at Metaweja) has recently been created, but no figures for its area or 2010 population are available.

DistrictArea
in km2
Population
2010 Census
Population
2020 Census
Administrative
centre
No. of
villages
Post
code
Waropen Atas2,9352,8765,413Barapasi798681
Benuki2,6361,1832,425Gesa Baru898683
Sawai (a)3,1832,3463,883Poiwai698682
Mamberamo Hilir
(Lower Mamberamo)
2,0781,7343,330Trimuris798691
Mamberamo Tengah (b)
(Central Mamberamo)
2,4913,1588,037Kasonaweja1198692
Iwaso(c)(c)541Metaweja(c)98692
Mamberamo Tengah Timur
(East Central Mamberamo)
2,4291,5512,940Kustra798693
Rofaer3,5142,5464,909Kai/Kay Seta698695
Mamberamo Hulu
(Upper Mamberamo)
4,5482,9715,002Dabra898694
Totals23,81418,36536,483Bermeso60

Note: (a) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Kumkum and Pulau Poiwai. (b) Mamberamo Tengah District listed here should not be confused with Mamberamo Tengah Regency (now part of the province of Highland Papua), which lies to the southeast of Mamberamo Raya Regency. (c) the area and 2010 Population of the new Iwaso District, and the number of villages in the district, are included in the figures for Mamberamo Tengah District, from which it was cut out.

References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  5. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  6. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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