Keerom Regency

Keerom Regency Kabupaten Keerom
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Tamne Yisan Kefase (Unite to Build)
Location in Papua Province
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Coordinates: 3°18′00″S 140°37′00″E / 3.3000°S 140.6167°E / -3.3000; 140.6167
Country	Indonesia
Province	Papua
Capital	Waris
Government
• Regent	Piter Gusbager [id]
• Vice Regent	Wahfir Kosasih [id]
Area
• Total	9,365 km2 (3,616 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)[1]
• Total	74,332
• Density	7.937/km2 (20.56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 971
Website	www.keeromkab.go.id

Keerom Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the eastern districts then within Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002, and is thus the most eastern of the regencies within the province of Papua, bordering with the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east. It covers an area of 9,365 km2, and had a population of 48,536 at the 2010 Census[2] and 61,623 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 74,332 (comprising 39,105 males and 35,227 females).[1] The regency's administrative centre is at the town of Waris.

Keerom Regency is located in the border area between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, in Papua Province. It borders Green River Rural LLG and Amanab Rural LLG of Sandaun Province (in Papua New Guinea) to the east, Highland Papua Province to the south and Jayapura Regency to the west, while to the north it is separated from the coast by Muara Tami and Abepura Districts of the city of Jayapura (Muara Tami District provides the outlet to the Pacific Ocean of the rivers originating in Keerom Regency).

Border languages (Awyi, Waris, Manem, Sowanda), Pauwasi languages (Emem, Zorop, Tebi), Namla-Tofanma languages, Dera, Elseng, and Usku are the local indigenous Papuan languages spoken in Keerom Regency.[4]

As at 2010, the Keerom regency comprised seven districts (distrik), but another four districts (Yaffi, Kaisenar, Arso Barat and Mannem) were added subsequently by splitting of existing districts.[5] These eleven districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official mestimates as at mid 2024.[1] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural kampung) in each district, and its post code.[6] Note that geographically the first five districts listed below comprise the relatively underpopulated southern half of the regency (with only 8,321 inhabitants in 2024), while the remaining six districts comprise the northern half (with 66,011 inhabitants).

Notes: (a) Web, Towe, Yaffi, Waris, and Arso Timur districts have land borders with Papua New Guinea.
(b) the 2010 population for this district is included in the figure for the district from which the new district was cut out.

• Statistics publications from Statistics Indonesia (BPS)