Teminabuan

District in Southwest Papua, Indonesia

1°26′0″S 132°1′0″E / 1.43333°S 132.01667°E / -1.43333; 132.01667Country

IndonesiaProvinceSouthwest PapuaRegencySouth Sorong RegencyArea

• Total386.89 km² (149.38 sq mi)Population

(mid 2023 estimate)

• Total19,876 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi) ^[1]Time zoneUTC+9 (WIT)

Teminabuan is a district in South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district includes the town of Kaibus (which serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency) and its northern suburb of Kohoin. The district had a population of 11,627 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 19,491 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 19,876.^[1] The town of Kaibus is located in the southwestern-central part of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and had a population of 4,743 in mid 2022.^[4] The area was bombed between January and March 1967.^{[by whom?]} It is served by Teminabuan Airport.

Notable people

Marlina Flassy - anthropologist and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Cenderawasih University.^[5]
Raja Kaibus, Anggok Kondjol - slaver king, ruler of weri Ambuam which became Teminabuan

References

^ ^a ^b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sorong Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9204)
^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Kakarta, 2011.
^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second ed.). National Geographic. p. 189.
^ "Rektor : Marlina Flassy, Dekan Perempuan Pertama di Universitas Cenderawasih". Tribun-papua.com (in Indonesian). 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-18.