Waropen Regency


Waropen Regency is one of the regencies in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 10,843.97 km2, and it had a population of 24,639 at the 2010 Census and 33,943 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 37,643 - comprising 19,754 males and 17,889 females. The capital is the town of.
Originally, this area comprised those districts of the former Yapen Waropen Regency which lay on the Papuan mainland, but that regency was split in two on 12 November 2002, to form the Waropen Regency on the Papuan mainland and the Yapen Islands Regency consisting of Yapen Island and some smaller islands in Cenderawasih Bay.
The Waropen language is spoken in the regency. The main ethnic groups that inhabit this regency are the Waropen people, and the Biak who generally inhabit coastal areas.

Administrative districts

At the 2010 Census, Waropen Regency comprised ten districts, but subsequently two additional districts have been created - Soyoi Mambai and Wonti. The twelve districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and as officially estimated in mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
2010
Census
Pop'n
mid 2023
Estimate
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code
91.15.01Waropen Bawah
264.654,9078,060Waren I798662
91.15.09Inggerus1,402.701,6181,740Toire798661
91.15.08Urei Faisei131.276,40111,730Khemoon Jaya1298663
91.15.11Oudate1,581.271,4661,100Sowiwa898665
91.15.12Wapoga885.731,7062,080Wapoga798664
91.15.03Masirei297.151,3153,200Koweda998571
91.15.07Risei Sayati49.971,6272,910Fafado1098674
91.15.13Demba1,291.382,0062,600Aniboi1098672
95.15.15Soyoi Mambai49.851,460Mambai1098675
95.15.14Wonti226.901,390Bokadaro1098676
Walani 2,128.042,279n/aDaboto--
91.15.10Kirihi2,326.451,3141,390Spoiri1098673
Totals10,638.3024,63937,643Botawa100

Note: the 2010 populations of Soyoi Mambai and Wonti Districts are included with the population of the districts from which they were subsequently cut out. separate figures for Walani District are not guaranteed, as it may have been subsumed into Kiriki District.

Climate

Botawa, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.