Teluk Wondama Regency
Kabupaten Teluk Wondama | |
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Motto(s): Sasar Wondama (Wondama Light) | |
![]() Location in West Papua | |
Location in Indonesia | |
Coordinates: 2°42′S 134°30′E / 2.700°S 134.500°E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | West Papua |
Capital | Rasiei |
Government | |
• Regent | Bernadus A. Imburi |
• Vice Regent | Paulus Yulius Indubri |
Area | |
• Total | 4,844.035 km2 (1,870.292 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 44,534 |
• Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
Area code | (+62) 980 |
Website | wondamakab |
Teluk Wondama Regency or Wondama Bay Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Teluk Wondama; Dutch: Regentschap Wondammen-baai) is a regency of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 4,844.035 km2, and had a population of 26,321 at the 2010 Census[2] and 41,644 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 44,534 (comprising 23,395 males and 21,139 females).[1] The administrative centre lies in the small town of Rasiei.
The northern half of the Regency contains several coastal districts along the east coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, and across Wondama Bay (a deep inlet to the south of Cenderawasih Bay) on the west coast of the Wondiboy Peninsula, but it also includes a number of islands in the southwest part of Cenderawasih Bay. The southern half of the Regency comprises the large but landlocked and nearly uninhabited Naikere District.