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Inanwatan

Coordinates: 2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E / -2.133; 132.167
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Inanwatan
Inanwatan is located in Southwest Papua
Inanwatan
Inanwatan
Location of the district in Southwest Papua
Inanwatan is located in Western New Guinea
Inanwatan
Inanwatan
Location of the district in Indonesian Papua
Inanwatan is located in Indonesia
Inanwatan
Inanwatan
Location of the district in Indonesia
Coordinates: 2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E / -2.133; 132.167
ProvinceSouthwest Papua
RegencySouth Sorong
Time zoneUTC+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

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  1. ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). 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.