Teminabuan is an administrative district (distrik) in South Sorong Regency, in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district includes the town of Kaibus (which serves as the administrative capital of South Sorong Regency) and its northern suburb of Kohoin. The district had a population of 11,627 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 19,491 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 20,648.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Sorong Selatan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9106) The town of Kaibus is located in the southwestern-central part of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and had a population of 4,743 in mid 2022. The area was bombed between January and March 1967 by the Indonesian National Army in Papua conflict. It is served by Teminabuan Airport.
Notable people
Marlina Flassy - anthropologist and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Cenderawasih University. Raja Kaibus, Anggok Kondjol - slaver king, ruler of weri Ambuam which became Teminabuan
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