Inanwatan

District in Southwest Papua, Indonesia

2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E / -2.133; 132.167ProvinceSouthwest PapuaRegencySouth SorongTime zoneUTC+9 (WIT)

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

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

^ 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.