Teminabuan
Town
Teminabuan is located in Southwest Papua
Teminabuan
Teminabuan
Location of the town in the Bird's Head Peninsula
Coordinates: 1°26′0″S 132°1′0″E / 1.43333°S 132.01667°E / -1.43333; 132.01667
Country Indonesia
ProvinceSouthwest Papua
RegencySouth Sorong Regency
Area
  Total388.10 km2 (149.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
  Total19,491
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+7 (WIB)

Teminabuan is a small town in South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The town serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency. It had a population of 11,627 at the 2010 Census[2] and 19,491 at the 2020 Census.[3] The town is located in the southwestern-central part of the Bird's Head Peninsula.[4] The area was bombed between January and March 1967. 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

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Kakarta, 2021.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Kakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second ed.). National Geographic. p. 189.
  5. "Rektor : Marlina Flassy, Dekan Perempuan Pertama di Universitas Cenderawasih". Tribun-papua.com (in Indonesian). 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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