Bintuni Bay Regency


Teluk Bintuni Regency or Bintuni Bay Regency is a regency of West Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 18,637 km2, comprising administrative districts on three sides of Bintuni Bay, a gulf that separates the Bird's Head Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula which together form the main geographical constituents of the province; it had a population of 52,422 at the 2010 Census and 87,083 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 91,064. The administrative centre is the town of Bintuni.

Geography

The Bintuni Bay area is one of the new expansion districts in the province of West Papua which was ratified by the Plenary Session of the Indonesian House of Representatives on 12 November 2002. Located between the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula and the Onin Peninsula coast, overlooking the Seram Sea off the west coast of West Papua. Adjacent to the narrow neck of the mountain that connects the Bird's Head Peninsula with other regions in West Papua Province. Geographically the area of Bintuni Bay Regency is between 1°57'50"LS - 3°11'26"LS and 1.9.32°44'59" - 134°14'49"E and is located between Bird's Head south coast and Onin Peninsula north coast overlooking the Seram sea off the west coast of Papua. Administratively, the Bintuni Bay Regency is bordered by:

  1. To the north, it is bordered by Manokwari Regency and Arfak Mountains Regency ;
  2. In the west, it is bordered by South Sorong Regency and Maybrat Regency ;
  3. To the south, it is bordered by Kaimana Regency and Fakfak Regency ;
  4. To the east, it is bordered by Teluk Wondama Regency and South Manokwari Regency.

Administrative districts

The regency comprises twenty-four districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code. The first six districts listed below form the northeast part of the Bomberai Peninsula; Wamesa District is situated to the northeast of Bintuni Bay; and the remaining 17 districts lie in the southeast part of the Bird's Head Peninsula.
Kode
Kemendagri		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
2010
Census		Pop'n
2020
Census		Pop'n
mid 2024
Estimate		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
code
92.06.08Fafurwar
1,171.001,0151,3571,408Fruata398133
92.06.03Babo687.433,2323,8734,006Irarutu III498132
92.06.14Sumuri1,922.006,22416,99917,086Tofoi598136
92.06.16Aroba859.292,8922,4962,582Aroba598131
92.06.15Kaitaro859.297501,1431,155Sara598134
92.06.10Kuri1,611.009521,1701,185Sarbe598135
92.06.07Wamesa816.001,1541,5141,560Idoor498146
92.06.01Bintuni421.7518,66332,59034,721Bintuni Barat8 98141
92.06.11Manimeri316.325,2089,1919,831Bumi Saniari698143
92.06.12Tuhiba263.006131,2211,369Tuhiba598145
92.06.13Dataran Beimes316.32349684762Horna698142
92.06.09Tembuni1,326.008731,0061,025Tembuni498144
92.06.04Aranday572.011,0551,5121,550Aranday498151
92.06.20Kamundan572.006601,1091,164Kalitami498152
92.06.19Tomu572.002,4483,3503,440Sebyar Rejosari498156
92.06.21Weriagar715.001,3211,6251,697Weriagar598157
92.06.05Moskona Selatan
929.62509778818Jagiro598155
92.06.23Meyado743.691,0661,4051,450Meyado498153
92.06.22Moskona Barat
743.69359454461Meyerga498154
92.06.02Merdey789.444819521,065Merdey998163
92.06.18Biscoop789.44469712746Jahabra798161
92.06.17Masyeta451.11364524538Masyeta498162
92.06.06Moskona Utara
679.43733648658Moyeba498165
92.06.24Moskona Timur
509.571,032770782Mesna398164
Totals18,637.0052,42287,08391,064Bintuni117

Note: includes two kelurahan - East Bintuni and West Bintuni.
Note also that the figures in the area column appear to contain duplications/errors, but these are the official figures published by BPS.

Villages

  • Muturi