Inanwatan | |
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Town | |
Location of the town in the
Bird's Head Peninsula | |
Coordinates: 2°8′S 132°10′E / 2.133°S 132.167°E | |
Province | Southwest Papua |
Regency | South Sorong |
Time zone | UTC+9 ( WIT) |
Inanwatan is a small coastal town in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The town is located on the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula. [1]
The area was named by the colonists from Patipi, 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]