Kaimana Regency

Kaimana Regency Kabupaten Kaimana
Regency
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Kaimana Regency Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia Show map of Western New Guinea Kaimana Regency Kaimana Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 3°39′39″S 133°46′28″E / 3.6609°S 133.7745°E / -3.6609; 133.7745Coordinates: 3°39′39″S 133°46′28″E / 3.6609°S 133.7745°E / -3.6609; 133.7745
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Papua
Capital	Kaimana
Government
• Regent	Matias Mairuma
• Vice Regent	Ismail Sirfefa
Area
• Total	16,241.84 km2 (6,271.01 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	53,366
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (IEST)
Area code	(+62) 957
Website	kaimanakab.go.id

Kaimana Regency is a regency in the south of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 16,241.84 sq. km, and had a population of 46,249 at the 2010 Census;^[1] the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 53,366. The administrative centre is the town of Kaimana.

Administrative Districts

The regency comprises seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census:^[2]

History

Kaimana airfield in 1962, when Western New Guinea was still under Dutch administration

Lengguru area

In 2014, researchers reveals biodiversity in Lengguru area which it coast and karst region. The expedition cover from 100 meters below sea level underwater up to 1,000 meters above mean sea level found many flora and fauna species which some of them are new species, but the most interesting is Lengguru is well-preserved without land opened for plantation, production forest or mining, while in the other parts of Indonesia, including in Indonesian Papua area it is not 100 percent preserved.

References

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