Sorong
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thumb|right|250px|Port of Sorong Sorong is the largest city and the capital of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It is the gateway to Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, species rich coral reef islands in an area considered the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity. It also is the logistics hub for Indonesia's thriving eastern oil and gas frontier. Sorong experienced rapid growth during the decade from 2010, and further growth is anticipated as Sorong becomes li
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- 2010
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- Sorong
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- Ciargentina ty of Sorong
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- City
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- Skyview of Sorong
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- Setara – Bersahabat – Dinamis(Equal – Friendly – Dynamic)
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- Lokasi Papua Barat Daya Kota Sorong.svg
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- Location in Southwest Papua
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- Indonesia_Western New Guinea#Indonesia
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- right
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- Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia
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- Country
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- Province
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- Septinus Lobat
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kota Sorong
- Population
- 295809
- Area
- 1105
- Elevation
- 7
- Official website
- sorongkota.go.id
- Image
- Sorong.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0951
- Motto
- Setara - Bersahabat - Dinamis
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- postal code
- 98414
- Commons category
- Sorong
- inception
- 2000-02-28
- Statistics Indonesia area code
- 9171
- name
- Sorong
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- Demographics
- Climate
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thumb|right|250px|Port of Sorong Sorong is the largest city and the capital of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It is the gateway to Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, species rich coral reef islands in an area considered the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity. It also is the logistics hub for Indonesia's thriving eastern oil and gas frontier. Sorong experienced rapid growth during the decade from 2010, and further growth is anticipated as Sorong becomes linked by road to other frontier towns in Papua's Bird's Head Peninsula. The official estimate of population as of mid 2024 was 286,028 - comprising 150,236 males and 135,729 females. The suburban area of Sorong city contains tropical rainforest and mangrove forest that has increasingly become popular as ecotourism attractions especially for birdwatching or wildlife watching.
==Etymology== The origin of Sorong's name comes from the word Soren, which means "deep and wavy ocean" in the Biak language. The name was first used by the Biak-Numfor people who sailed to different islands before they finally decided to settle down in Raja Ampat Islands. When the Biak-Numfor people came to the place called "Daratan Maladum", they decided to call it Soren. After centuries of contact with Chinese merchants, European missionaries, and people from Maluku and Sangihe-Talaud, the name underwent further change into Sorong.
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