Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat is one of regencies in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. The capital district is located in Waisai.
The district has 610 islands. Four of them, namely Misool Island, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, a major islands. From around the islands only 35 islands are inhabited while the islands are uninhabited and mostly not yet have a name.

As the islands, the only inter-island transport and supporting community activities Raja Ampat is sea transport. Similarly to reach Waisai, the district capital. When using the aircraft, first to the city of Sorong. After that, from Sorong trip to Waisai followed by sea transport. Facilities available are fast ships with a capacity of 10, 15 or 30 people. At a cost of approximately Rp. 2 million, Waisai can be reached within 1.5 to 2 hours.
Historically, the Raja Ampat Islands, there are four traditional kingdoms, each kingdom is Waigeo, with his power base in Wewayai, Waigeo island; royal Salawati, the center of power in SAMATE, North Salawati island; royal Sailolof Sailolof the center of power in the island South Salawati and Misol kingdom, the center of power in Lilinta, Misol island.