Agats
Agats is a town in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. An elevated settlement on a tidal plain, a Dutch outpost was set up in Agats in 1938 and the town became notable for the cultural practices of the Asmat people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 23,900 residents
- Description: district in Asmat Regency, South Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Agats District” and “Agatz”
Agats
- Categories: distrik, capital of regency, and locality
- Location: Asmat, South Papua Province, Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-5.54084° or 5° 32′ 27″ southLongitude
138.13631° or 138° 8′ 11″ eastPopulation
23,900Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
6Q6WF45P+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 708859822OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1651852Wikidata ID
Q7476081
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Balinese to Sundanese—“Agats” goes by many names.
- Balinese: “Agats, Asmat”
- Chinese: “阿加特斯”
- Chinese: “阿加茨”
- Dutch: “Agats”
- German: “Agats”
- Indonesian: “Agats, Asmat”
- Indonesian: “Agats”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Agats”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Agats”
- Japanese: “アガツ”
- Javanese: “Agats, Asmat”
- Javanese: “Agats”
- Malay: “Agats, Asmat”
- Malay: “Agats”
- Russian: “Агатс”
- Sundanese: “Agats, Asmat”
- Sundanese: “Agats”
- “Agats”
- “Agats, Asmat”
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