Inanwatan is a district in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district is located on the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula.[1]
Inanwatan | |
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  Inanwatan Location of the district in Southwest Papua  Inanwatan Location of the district in Indonesian Papua  Inanwatan Location of the district in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E | |
| Province | Southwest Papua |
| Regency | South Sorong |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (WIT) |
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 edit
- ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
- ^ 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.
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