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Sorong
Southwest Papua · Indonesia
City population
219,958
#70
in Indonesia
#1
in Southwest Papua
#2,622
worldwide
-0.880, 131.261 · 2,773 km from Jakarta
About Sorong
Sorong is a city in Southwest Papua, Indonesia with a population of 219,958. It is the 70th largest of the 446 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Indonesia, and the 2,622nd largest worldwide. It lies 2,773 km from Jakarta.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Southwest Papua
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Jayapura
Coordinates
-0.880, 131.261
Record updated
2026-06-10
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 446 in IndonesiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.