Inanwatan is a district in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The district is located on the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula.[1]

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Inanwatan is located in Southwest Papua
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Inanwatan
Location of the district in Southwest Papua
Inanwatan is located in Western New Guinea
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Location of the district in Indonesian Papua
Inanwatan is located in Indonesia
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Inanwatan
Location of the district in Indonesia
Coordinates: 2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E / -2.133; 132.167
ProvinceSouthwest Papua
RegencySouth Sorong
Time zoneUTC+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

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  1. ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
  2. ^ 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.