Waropen Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Papua, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Waropen Regency

| native_name = Kabupaten Waropen

| native_name_lang = id

| image_skyline = File:Sanggei Waropen.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Port of Sanggei within a mangrove area

| type = Regency

| image_shield = Lambang Kabupaten Waropen, Papua.jpg

| shield_alt =

| motto = Ndi Sowosio Ndi Korako

| image_map = Lokasi Papua Kabupaten Waropen.svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location in Papua Province

| coordinates = {{coord|1|52|S|137|06|E|source:kolossus-nlwiki|display=title,inline}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = 20pxPapua

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = {{ill|Botawa|id}}

| leader_title = Regent

| leader_name = {{Ill|Fransiscus Xaverius Mote|lt=Fransiscus Xaverius Mote|id}}

| leader_title1 = Vice Regent

| leader_name1 = {{Ill|Yowel Boari|lt=Yowel Boari|id}}

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 10843.97

| elevation_min_m =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_m =

| population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate

| population_total = 37643

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Waropen Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9115)

| timezone1 = Indonesia Eastern Time

| utc_offset1 = +9

| website = {{URL|https://www.waropenkab.go.id/}}

| footnotes =

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = (+62) 981

| pushpin_map = Indonesia_Western New Guinea#Indonesia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Indonesian Papua##Location in Indonesia

}}

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 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 33,943 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 37,643 - comprising 19,754 males and 17,889 females.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Waropen Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9115) The capital is the town of {{ill|Botawa|id}}.

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 languages of the East Geelvink Bay family, which include the Waropen language, are spoken in the regency.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ID/languages |title=Indonesia languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}} The main ethnic groups that inhabit this regency are the Waropen people, and the Biak who generally inhabit coastal areas.{{cite web|url=https://jubi.co.id/sistem-kepemimpinan-sera-orang-waropen/|title=Sistem kepemimpinan Sera orang Waropen|website=jubi.co.id|access-date=22 July 2022|language=id}}