Asmat Regency
Asmat Regency
Kabupaten Asmat | |
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Icon of Asmat Regency | |
| Motto(s): Ja Asamanam Apcamar (Onward with Balance) | |
Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 5°22′46″S 138°27′48″E / 5.3795°S 138.4634°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | South Papua |
| Regency seat | Agats |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Thomas E. Safanpo |
| • Vice Regent | Yoel Manggaprou |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,015.31 km2 (9,658.47 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 120,902 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Religion | Christianity 93.28% –Catholicism 56.44% –Protestantism 36.84% Islam 6.68% Hinduism 0.03% Buddhism 0.01% |
| • Language | Indonesian (official) Asmat, Kamoro (native) Papuan Malay (lingua franca) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 902 |
| Website | asmatkab.go.id |
Asmat Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the northwestern portion of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is bounded to the southwest by the Arafura Sea, to the southeast and east by Mappi Regency, to the north by Highland Papua Province and to the northwest by Central Papua Province. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it had been a part) on 12 November 2002.
Asmat Regency covers a land area of 25,015.31 km2, and had a population of 76,577 at the 2010 Census, 88,373 at the 2015 Intermediate Census, and 110,105 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 120,902 (comprising 62,879 males and 58,023 females), mostly from the Asmat ethnic group. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of Agats.