Inanwatan

For the language and ethnic group, see Inanwatan language and Inanwatan people.

Inanwatan
District
Inanwatan Location of the district in Southwest Papua Show map of Southwest Papua Inanwatan Location of the district in Indonesian Papua Show map of Western New Guinea Inanwatan Location of the district in Indonesia Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 2°8′S132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E / -2.133; 132.167
Province	Southwest Papua
Regency	South Sorong
Time zone	UTC+9 (WIT)

Inanwatan is a district in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district is located on the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula. ^[1]

The area was named by the colonists from Patipi Bay, Fakfak, who were impressed by the extent of the sago swamps here. The word inanwatan originates in a Patipi language expression meaning "it is all sago" (from inan 'sago' and sewatan 'one'). ^[2]

References

1. Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second ed.). National Geographic. p. 189.
2. Vries, L. J. de (2004). A short grammar of Inanwatan. An endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. Australian National University Press. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-85883-545-0.