Waibeem | |
Native Name: | Kampung Waibeem |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Bird's Head Peninsula |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village in the Bird's Head Peninsula |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwest Papua |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Subdivision Name2: | Tambrauw |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Abun |
Population Total: | 239 |
Timezone: | WIT |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Coordinates: | -0.4667°N 190°W |
Waibeem or Waibim is a village in Abun in Tambrauw Regency of Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The town is located on the northern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, also known as the Vogelkop peninsula.[1] [2] The village has a population of 239 people, 200 people at least speak a language known as the Abun language, common to this coastline.[3]
In early January 2009, a very large earthquake doublet affected West Papua. The two shocks measured 7.6 and 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale with maximum intensities of VI (Strong) and VIII (Severe).