South Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Sorong Selatan) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It has an area of 6,594.31 km², and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 52,469 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 53,884.^[1] The administrative centre is the town of Teminabuan.

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South Sorong Regency Kabupaten Sorong Selatan
Regency
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Location in Southwest Papua
South Sorong Regency Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 1.5050°S 132.2864°E / -1.5050; 132.2864
Country	Indonesia
Province	Southwest Papua
Capital	Teminabuan
Government
• Regent	Samsudin Anggiluli
• Vice Regent	Marthinus Salamuk
Area
• Total	6,594.31 km2 (2,546.08 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
• Total	53,884
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time)
Area code	(+62) 952
Website	sorongselatankab.go.id

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South Sorong Regency is located in the western part of Papua Island. Geographically, South Sorong Regency at position 131º 421 0” east longitude - 132º 581 12” east longitude and 0º 55' 12” east longitude - 2º 17' 24” east longitude.

• to the north it is bordered by the Tambrauw Regency;
• in the east it is bordered by Teluk Bintuni Regency and Maybrat Regency;
• to the south it is bordered by Bintuni Bay and the Seram Sea;
• to the west it is bordered by the Seram Sea and Sorong Regency.

Languages spoken in South Sorong Regency include Inanwatan, Yahadian, Kais, Kokoda, Konda, and Puragi.^[4]

South Sorong Regency comprises fifteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[2] and the 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.^[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 121 rural kampung and 2 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Notes: (a) the 2010 population of Kais Darat District are included in the figure for Kais District, from which it was later split.
(b) including 2 kelurahan - Kaibus and Kohoin. (c) the 2010 population of Salkma District are included in the figure for Sawiat District, from which it was later split.