Fakfak Regency


Fakfak Regency is a regency of Papua (province)|West Papua] province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 14,320 km2 at the western end of the Bomberai Peninsula, and had a population of 66,828 at the 2010 Census and 87,894 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 93,963. The regency and its eponymous capital, Fakfak, are notable for being a Muslim-majority regency in the Protestant-majority island of Papua due to historic trading ties.

Geography

Fakfak Regency was divided in 2002 into a reduced Fakfak Regency and a new Kaimana Regency, created by Law No. 26 of 2002, to be precise effective on 25 October 2002. The regency is geographically located at 131º 531 0311 east longitude - 133º 291 1911 east longitude and 2º 301 5811 – 3º 571 5111 LS. The land area of Fakfak Regency, following the division of 2002, is 14,320 km2, consisting originally of four districts, which were later divided into nine districts in 2004, and subsequently redivided into seventeen districts, of which the largest is Karas Distrik.
The southern half of the Regency comprises the districts of Wartutin, Fakfak Barat, Pariwari, Fakfak, Fakfak Tengah, Fakfak Timur Tengah, Fakfak Timur and Karas. The less well populated northern half of the Regency consists of the districts of Furwagi, Teluk Patipe, Kayauni, Kramongmongga, Kokas and Arguni in the west, and Mbahamdandara, Tomage and Bomberay in the east.

Administrative districts

At the 2010 Census, the regency comprised nine districts, but subsequently eight additional districts have been created by splitting the original districts. These are 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 administrative centres, the number of administrative villages and offshore islands in each district, and its post code.
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		No.
of
islands		Post
code
92.03.01Fakfak23333,17418,90017,818Fakfak5398011
92.03.02Fakfak Barat
6794,1223,4603,779Werba92698022
92.03.03Fakfak Timur
1,0202,9921,2841,467Weri62798027
92.03.04Kokas7884,6104,1184,601Kokas Kota1522998016
92.03.05Fakfak Tengah
7059,87213,21614,412Raduria14298012
92.03.06Karas2,4912,5973,1553,250Malakuli710698032
92.03.07Bomberay1,0232,9501,9032,440Onim Sari7-98026
92.03.08Kramongmongga7462,7372,0462,326Kramongmongga10-98017
92.03.09Teluk Patipe
7863,7743,8374,559Patipi Pasir135598024
92.03.12Fakfak Timur Tengah
7012,6543,054Krebelang1098031
92.03.10Pariwari58723,67024,924Dulnpokpok998013
92.03.11Wartutin1,0062,2612,469Wartutin698025
92.03.13Arguni3341,1501,255Fior598014
92.03.14Mbahamdandara6641,0111,184Goras798021
92.03.16Furwagi7321,6171,781Rumbati898023
92.03.15Kayauni9381,6972,006Kayauni998015
82.03.17Tomage8871,9152,638Tomage998033
Totals14,32066,82887,89493,963Fakfak149

Note: the 7 kelurahan are Fakfak Selatan and Fakfak Utara in Fakfak District, Danawaria in Fakfak Tengah District, Kokas Kota in Kokas District, and Dulanpokpok, Wagom and Wagom Utara in Pariwari District.
the populations of the eight new districts in 2010 are included in the figures for the original districts from which each was later split off.
the number of offshore islands in each of the eight new districts are included in the figures for the original districts from which each was later split off.

Demographics

The majority of the population is Muslim, the level of assimilation with the outside world has been very high for a long time. In Fakfak Regency, there are old mosques from the 17th century, one of which is Patimburak Old Mosque which is located in Kokas District. This shows that Islam has entered Papua before the 17th century, some experts predict that it has been in since the 15th century. The people of Fakfak Regency highly uphold religious values, as evidenced by the creation of a slogan that has been around for generations in Fakfak Regency, namely Satu Tungku Tiga Batu. Based on data from Central Bureau of Statistics Fakfak Regency in 2020 which implements Islam, namely 57.79%, then Christian as much as 42.17% and Buddhist Hindu around 0.03%. One of the largest churches in Fakfak is the Santo Yosep Fakfak Church.

Industries

Fakfak Regency has plans for industrial development, including: