Keerom Regency


Keerom Regency is one of the regencies in the Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the eastern districts then within Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002, and is thus the most eastern of the regencies within the province of Papua, bordering with the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east. It covers an area of 9,365 km2, and had a population of 48,536 at the 2010 Census and 61,623 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 74,332. The regency's administrative centre is at the town of Waris.
Keerom Regency is located in the border area between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, in Papua Province. It borders Green River Rural LLG and Amanab Rural LLG of Sandaun Province to the east, Highland Papua Province to the south and Jayapura Regency to the west, while to the north it is separated from the coast by Muara Tami and Abepura Districts of the city of Jayapura.

Languages

Border languages, Pauwasi languages, Namla-Tofanma languages, Dera, Elseng, and Usku are the local indigenous Papuan languages spoken in Keerom Regency.

Administrative districts

As at 2010, the Keerom regency comprised seven districts, but another four districts were added subsequently by splitting of existing districts. These eleven districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official mestimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code. Note that geographically the first five districts listed below comprise the relatively underpopulated southern half of the regency, while the remaining six districts comprise the northern half.
Kode
Wilayah		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
91.11.04Web 714.432,4401,4831,657Umuaf699462
91.11.07Towe 711.752,3408961,073Towe Hitam1099466
91.11.10Yaffi 481.431,2012,193Yabanda799463
91.11.03Senggi2,538.002,7372,6952,978Senggi799464
91.11.11Kaisenar405.45350420Kaisenar599465
91.11.01Waris 911.943,0523,4254,425Pund899467
91.11.02Arso1,381.4320,21415,19019,371Arso Kota1299471
91.11.06Arso Timur
340.484,7663,1635,094Yetty999472
91.11.08Arso Barat
215.0811,82313,796Sanggaria899473
91.11.09Mannem160.364,3974,617Wonorejo799468
91.11.05Skanto1,504.6512,98717,00018,708Jaifuri1299469
Totals9,365.0048,53661,62374,332Waris91

Notes: Web, Towe, Yaffi, Waris, and Arso Timur districts have land borders with Papua New Guinea.
the 2010 population for this district is included in the figure for the district from which the new district was cut out.