Teminabuan

Teminabuan
District
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Coordinates: 1°26′0″S132°1′0″E / 1.43333°S 132.01667°E / -1.43333; 132.01667
Country	Indonesia
Province	Southwest Papua
Regency	South Sorong Regency
Area
• Total	386.89 km2 (149.38 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2024 estimate)
• Total	20,648
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+9 (WIT)

Teminabuan is an administrative district (distrik) in South Sorong Regency, in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district includes the town of Kaibus (which serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency) and its northern suburb of Kohoin. The district had a population of 11,627 at the 2010 Census ^[2] and 19,491 at the 2020 Census; ^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 20,648. ^[1] The town of Kaibus is located in the southwestern-central part of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and had a population of 4,743 in mid 2022. ^[4] The area was bombed between January and March 1967.^{[ by whom? ]} It is served by Teminabuan Airport.

Notable people

• Marlina Flassy - anthropologist and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Cenderawasih University. ^[5]
• Raja Kaibus, Anggok Kondjol - slaver king, ruler of weri Ambuam which became Teminabuan

References

1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Sorong Selatan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9106)
2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
4. Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second ed.). National Geographic. p. 189.
5. "Rektor : Marlina Flassy, Dekan Perempuan Pertama di Universitas Cenderawasih". Tribun-papua.com (in Indonesian). 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-18.