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Teluk Wondama Regency or Wondama Bay Regency (Dutch: Regentschap Wondammen-baai) is a regency of West Papua province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 4,844.03 km2, and had a population of 26,321 at the 2010 Census and 41,644 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 47,494 (comprising 24,806 males and 22,688 females). The administrative centre lies in the small town of Rasiei.

The northern half of the Regency contains several coastal districts along the east coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, and across Wondama Bay (a deep inlet to the south of Cenderawasih Bay) on the west coast of the Wondiboy Peninsula, but it also includes a number of islands in the southwest part of Cenderawasih Bay. The southern half of the Regency comprises the large but landlocked and nearly uninhabited Naikere District.

Kata Wondama berasal dari bahasa Wamesa yang merupakan gabungan dari dua suku kata "WonRama" berarti datang berkumpul, atau tinggal di wilayah itu. Karena penduduk di wilayah ini datang dari daerah lain yang disebut Udik Simo (dataran gunung, leher burung pulau Papua).

Geographically, the district is located between 132°35' - 134°45' East Longitude and 0°15' - 3°25' South Latitude.

The northwestern part of the Regency consists of districts located along the east coast of the Bird's Head and Bomberai Peninsulas on the west side of Cenderawasih Bay and its southward extension of Wondama Bay; from north to south these districts are Soug Jaya (with the island district of Rumberpon off its coast), Wamesa (with the island district of Roswar at some distance from its coast), Nikiwar, Windesi and Kuri Wamesa. Most of the islands in Wondama Bay Regency are surrounded by coral reef that is teeming with rich marine life. Rasiei, the administrative capital of Wondama Bay, is a small port located on the east coast of Wondama Bay at the foot of the Wandammen or Wondiboy Peninsula which is covered by pristine tropical rainforest. The largest town is actually Wasior, further north along that coast. The coral reef and tropical rainforest have become important tourist attractions in this regency. The Department of Tourism and Culture of Wondama Bay Regency, in cooperation with the Indonesian Tourist Guide Association, has launched a website called Wondama Tourism to attract visitors to the regency.

Roswar and Rumberpon Districts are each formed by an island of the same name (surrounded by numerous offshore islets) situated in Cenderawasih Bay, while Roon District encompasses 29 disparate islands in the same bay off the northern end of the Wondiboy Peninsula - including Roon, Rarief, Rariau, Ripon, Pinai and Manupaseh Islands, and the Rouw Archipelago. Roon District comprises seven villages, all on Roon Island (there are no villages on the smaller islands within the district) - Menarbu (which had 208 inhabitants at the 2020 Census), Sariay (with 14 inhabitants), Niab (227), Inday (235), Syabes (509), Mena (228) and Yende (414).