Raam (Southwest Papua)
island in Sorong City, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
Raam, also spelt Ram, is an island in Southwest Papua province of Indonesia, located off the northwestern tip of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It lies at a distance of about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the coast of the city of Sorong (of which it is administratively part), and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the islands of Doom and Soop (or Tsiof). About 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long and up to 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) wide, Raam has an area of 0.5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi). Occupying the eastern half of the island is a settlement with a population of 2,078 (as of mid 2021), which forms a kelurahan within the district of Sorong Islands in the City of Sorong.
Bibliography
Atlas peta potensi pengembangan komoditas dan kawasan perkebunan kakao dan pala provinsi Papua Barat (PDF). 2015. p. 55.
Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Kabupaten Kota Sorong. Distrik Sorong Kepulauan Dalam Angka 2022 (Report).
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