Back Kabupatén Sorong BAN Sorong Kabupatèn BEW Kabupaten Sorong CEB Sorong (Regierungsbezirk) German Kabupaten de Sorong French Kabupaten Sorong ID Reggenza di Sorong Italian ソロン県 Japanese Kabupatèn Sorong JV Kabupaten Sorong Malay
Sorong Regency
Kabupaten Sorong | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Southwest Papua | |
  Sorong Regency Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 0°52′59″S 131°15′00″E / 0.88306°S 131.25000°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Southwest Papua |
| Capital | Aimas |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Vacant |
| • Vice Regent | Vacant |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,075.28 km2 (5,048.39 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 129,963 |
| • Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 951 |
| Website | sorongkab |
Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sorong) is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia.[2] It covers an area of 13,075.28 km2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census,[3] and 118,679 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 129,963 (comprising 68,564 males and 61,399 females).[1] Its administrative centre is the town of Aimas. Sorong Regency surrounds Sorong City (Kota) on the landward side; the city is administratively independent of the Regency and is not included in the above statistics; Sorong City has an airport, Sorong Airport, which also serves the Regency.