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Asmat Regency
Kabupaten Asmat | |
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 Icon of Asmat Regency | |
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| Motto(s): Ja Asamanam Apcamar (Onward with Balance) | |
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  Asmat Regency Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia  Asmat Regency Asmat Regency (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 | Elisa Kambu |
| • Vice Regent | Thomas E. Safanpo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,983.44 km2 (12,348.88 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 116,200 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Religion | Christianism 93,67% –Catholicism 57,70% –Protestantism 35,97% Islam 6,29% 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 consists of an area of 31,983.44 km2, and had a population of 76,577 at the 2010 Census,[3] 88,373 at the 2015 Intermediate Census,[4] and 110,105 at the 2020 Census,[5] while the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 116,200 (comprising 60,099 males and 56,101 females),[1] mostly from the Asmat ethnic group. The administrative centre of the regency is the town of Agats.
A measles outbreak and famine killed at least 72 people in Asmat regency in early 2018,[6][7] during which 652 children were affected by measles and 223 suffered from malnutrition.[8][9]
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Asmat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9304)
- ^ "Visualisasi Data Kependudukan-Kementerian Dalam Negeri 2020". www.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2018.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ News, BBC (13 February 2018). "Indonesia's Papua province children starving in a land of gold". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Salim, Hanz Jimenez (13 April 2018). "Jokowi Mengaku Kesulitan Pindahkan Penduduk Asmat dari Distrik Terpencil". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Rakhmat, Muhammad Zulfikar; Tarahita, Dikanaya (February 28, 2018). "An Indonesian District Isolated From Development". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ TEMPO.CO, Jakarta (February 14, 2018). "Tragedy in Asmat". Tempo.co English Edition. Retrieved 18 March 2019.