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The airport is named after Domine Eduard Osok, a pastor originating from Sorong and known for doing missionary work and spreading Christianity in Sorong and the surrounding parts. [ 1 ] Domine Eduard Osok Airport serves as an entry point to the Raja Ampat Islands since the Raja Ampat Islands are closer to the city of Sorong than to the ...
Sorong: Location: North Salawati, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, Indonesia: Opened: 16 March 1947 () Closed: 20 March 2004 () Elevation AMSL: 10 ft / 3 m ...
The phrase "Sorong to Samarai" is commonly used throughout Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Papua to express solidarity and oneness and makes reference to both Sorong, a town in Southwest Papua, Indonesia and Samarai, a small township being one of the easternmost point located in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sorong) is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. [2] It covers an area of 13,075.28 km 2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census, [3] and 118,679 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 129,963 (comprising 68,564 males and 61,399 females). [1]
Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022. [4] Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua.
Sorong fault also (Sorong Fault Zone, SFZ) is an active, broad zone of inferred left lateral shear at the triple junction of the Australian plate, Eurasian plate, and Pacific plate, where many plate fragments exist, such as the Philippine Sea plate, Bird's Head plate, Halmahera plate and the Molucca Sea plate.
It lies at a distance of about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the city of Sorong on the mainland, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of the island of Doom, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of the uninhabited island of Nana, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-east of the island of Yefman, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the island of Raam. Soop is 3.3 ...
Bishops of Manokwari–Sorong (Roman rite) Bishop Datus Hilarion Lega (30 June 2003 – present) Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm. (5 May 1988 – 30 June 2003) Bishop Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. (14 May 1974 – 5 May 1988) Bishops of Manokwari (Roman Rite)