Asmat Regency
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
Kabupaten Asmat | |
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Regency | |
Icon of Asmat Regency | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Ja Asamanam Apcamar (Onward with Balance) | |
Asmat Regency Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia Asmat Regency Asmat Regency (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 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 2022 estimate) | |
| • Total | 113,524 |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9.2/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 consists of an area of 31,983.44 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 2022 was 113,524, 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, during which 652 children were affected by measles and 223 suffered from malnutrition.