Waropen Regency

Waropen Regency Kabupaten Waropen
Regency
Port of Sanggei within a mangrove area
Coat of arms
Motto:  Ndi Sowosio Ndi Korako
Location in Papua Province
Waropen Regency Location in Indonesian Papua Waropen Regency Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 1°52′S 137°06′E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Papua
Capital	Botawa
Government
• Regent	Fransiscus Xaverius Mote
• Vice Regent	Yowel Boari
Area
• Total	10,843.97 km2 (4,186.88 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)
• Total	37,643
• Density	3.4713/km2 (8.9907/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 981
Website	www.waropenkab.go.id

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Waropen Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province, Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 10,843.97 km², and it had a population of 24,639 at the 2010 Census and 33,943 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 37,643 - comprising 19,754 males and 17,889 females. The capital is the town of Botawa.

Originally, this area comprised those districts of the former Yapen Waropen Regency which lay on the Papuan mainland, but that regency was split in two on 12 November 2002 (effective on 11 December 2002), to form the Waropen Regency on the Papuan mainland and the Yapen Islands Regency (consisting of Yapen Island and some smaller islands) in Cenderawasih Bay.

The Waropen language is spoken in the regency. The main ethnic groups that inhabit this regency are the Waropen people, and the Biak who generally inhabit coastal areas.