Asmat
The Asmat is a regency of southwest Papua province of Indonesia, located on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The term Asmat refers both to the Asmat people and the region they inhabit.
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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: regency of Indonesia with 110,000 residents
- Description: regency in South Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Asmat Regency”, “Asmat, Indonesia”, “Kab. Asmat”, and “আসমত রিজেন্সি”
Asmat
- Location: South Papua Province, Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-5.3795° or 5° 22′ 46″ south
Longitude
138.4634° or 138° 27′ 48″ east
Population
110,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
6Q6WJFC7+59
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Asmat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة أسمات”
- Azerbaijani: “Asmat”
- Balinese: “Kabupatén Asmat”
- Belarusian: “Асмат”
- Bengali: “আসমাত”
- Betawi: “Kabupatèn Asmat”
- Catalan: “Asmat”
- Cebuano: “Kabupaten Asmat”
- Chinese: “阿斯馬特縣”
- Chinese: “阿斯马特县”
- Czech: “Asmat”
- Dutch: “Asmat”
- French: “kabupaten d’Asmat”
- French: “Kabupaten d’Asmat”
- German: “Asmat”
- Hebrew: “אסמאט”
- Indonesian: “Asmat”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Asmat”
- Irish: “Asmat”
- Italian: “Reggenza di Asmat”
- Japanese: “アスマット県”
- Javanese: “Asmat”
- Javanese: “Kabupatèn Asmat”
- Malay: “Kabupaten Asmat”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Asmat Koān”
- Russian: “Асмат”
- Slovenian: “Regenca Asmat”
- Spanish: “Asmat”
- Sundanese: “Kabupatén Asmat”
- Swedish: “Kabupaten Asmat”
- Urdu: “اسمات ریجنسی”
- “Asmat”
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