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Fakfak Regency is a regency of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 14,320 km2 at the western end of the Bomberai Peninsula, and had a population of 66,828 at the 2010 Census and 87,894 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 93,963 (comprising 48,070 males and 45,893 females). The regency and its eponymous capital, Fakfak, are notable for being a Muslim-majority regency in the Protestant-majority island of Papua due to historic trading ties.

Fakfak Regency was divided in 2002 into a reduced Fakfak Regency and a new Kaimana Regency, created by Law No. 26 of 2002, to be precise effective on 25 October 2002. The regency is geographically located at 131º 531 0311 east longitude - 133º 291 1911 east longitude and 2º 301 5811 – 3º 571 5111 LS. The land area of Fakfak Regency, following the division of 2002, is 14,320 km2, consisting originally of four districts, which were later divided into nine districts (subdivided into 106 villages) in 2004, and subsequently redivided into seventeen districts (subdivided into 149 villages), of which the largest is Karas Distrik.

The southern half of the Regency comprises the districts of Wartutin, Fakfak Barat, Pariwari, Fakfak, Fakfak Tengah, Fakfak Timur Tengah, Fakfak Timur and Karas. The less well populated northern half of the Regency consists of the districts of Furwagi, Teluk Patipe, Kayauni, Kramongmongga, Kokas and Arguni in the west, and Mbahamdandara, Tomage and Bomberay in the east.