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Sorong

city in Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
Place City Of Indonesia Q26837

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
city of Indonesia
Inception
February 28, 2000[22]
Official website
sorongkota.go.id[23]
Official name
Kota Sorong[37]

Location

Country
Indonesia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -0.880°, 131.261°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Southwest Papua, West Papua, Papua[2]
Shares border with
Sorong[4]

Population and size

Area
+1105[41]
Elevation above sea level
+7[40]
Population
296k (28k–296k, n=10)[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 27,667 · 75,067 · 139,590 · 141,836 · 146,390 GeoNames 219,958 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
0951[21]
Postal code
98414[20]
More facts +12
Capital of
Southwest Papua[36]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Sorong, North Sorong, Klaurung, Malaimsimsa, Sorong Manoi, East Sorong, West Sorong, Sorong Kepulauan, Sorong Kota, Maladum Mes[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Executive body
Wikidata item[18]
Highest judicial authority
District Court of Sorong[19]
Legislative body
Sorong City Regional House of Representatives[17]
Motto text
Setara - Bersahabat - Dinamis[38]
Name
Sorong[42]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Sorong[34]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Replaces
Sorong[35]
Statistics Indonesia area code
9171[39]
Twinned administrative body
Nuuk, Gaborone[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
131518314
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n96903779
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sorong.jpg ↗
Administrative code of Indonesia
92.71, 96.71
BBC Things ID
db82e66a-79a2-4076-a674-60f0a12a9935
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--59824
FAST ID
1280659
Freebase ID
/m/0g0xq5
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2697743
GeoNames ID
1626542, 9845465
INaturalist place ID
100516
J9U entity ID
987007542594105171
Show all 19 identifiers +7
MusicBrainz area ID
13d2969a-6743-43c9-92a1-2845a5368777
OpenStreetMap relation ID
14905729
Related category
Category:District in Sorong
Topic's main category
Category:Sorong
Who's on First ID
102018991
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvCPP7v6j8GvHfk8rxbh3
Yale LUX ID
place/579004ed-0abd-4d1c-92fc-1931246479bc
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Jayapura 2026-09-26 P/PPLA · ID GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
People born here 8
Boaz Solossa, Ricky Kambuaya, Patty Brard, Yanto Basna, Ortizan Solossa, Dominggus Fakdawer, Engelbert Sani, Samuel Reimas
Contained subdivisions 7
Domine Eduard Osok Airport, Yef Dum, East Sorong, North Sorong, Sorong, West Sorong, Yef Raam
Contains the administrative territorial entity 4
East Sorong, North Sorong, Sorong, West Sorong
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Papua, West Papua, Southwest Papua
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 3
Papua, West Papua, Southwest Papua
Twinned administrative body 2
Gaborone, Nuuk
← Twinned administrative body 2
Gaborone, Nuuk
Capital of 1
Southwest Papua
Country 1
Indonesia
Instance of 1
city of Indonesia
Located in this place 1
Papeda
Named after 1
Domine Eduard Osok Airport
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Shares border with 1
Sorong
Topic's main category 1
Category:Sorong
← Capital 1
Southwest Papua
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sorong
← Indigenous to 1
Moi
← Place served by transport hub 1
Domine Eduard Osok Airport
← Shares border with 1
Sorong
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Summary

Sorong is a city of Indonesia[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sorong include Domine Eduard Osok Airport[43], an airport[44], in Indonesia[45].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Sorong include Domine Eduard Osok Airport[43], an airport[44], in Indonesia[45].

Related Entities

Gaborone Indonesia Nuuk WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . city-facts.com. city-facts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . city-facts.com. city-facts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . city-facts.com. city-facts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . sorongkota.bps.go.id. sorongkota.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . sorongkota.bps.go.id. sorongkota.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . sorongkota.bps.go.id. sorongkota.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 45 of 1999. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 29 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 6 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . sig.bps.go.id. Retrieved . sig.bps.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . Statistics Indonesia Regulation Number 5 Of 2021. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Executive body → Wikidata item
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #59105: executive body"
  2. 6w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest judicial authority → District Court of Sorong
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56462: kabupaten/kota highest judicial authority"
  3. 12w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Sorong City Regional House of Representatives
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48356: add legislative branch to each kabkot"
  4. 27w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 7 metre
    Area → 1,105 square kilometre
    Replaces → Sorong
    Shares border with → Sorong
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #29483: name stated in Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022"
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