Tambrauw Regency
Tambrauw Regency
Kabupaten Tambrauw | |
|---|---|
| Motto(s): Menjetu, Menjedik, Memben Suksno (We are brothers, united in heart, to build) | |
Location in Southwest Papua | |
Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 0°36′18″S 132°29′23″E / 0.6051°S 132.4896°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Southwest Papua |
| Capital | Fef |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Yeskiel Yesnath |
| • Vice Regent | Paulus Ajambuani |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,529.18 km2 (4,451.44 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 40,672 |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| Postcodes | 98473 |
| Area code | (+62) 969 |
| Website | tambrauwkab |
Tambrauw Regency (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈtambrau]) is a regency of Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia, in the Bird's Head Peninsula of Papua Island. It was created on 29 October 2008 from what had been an eastern part of Sorong Regency, originally as part of the province of West Papua. Much of the regency is located on the Tamrau Mountains that the local government declarated Tambrauw as a "conservation regency".