Yalimo Regency
Yalimo Regency
Kabupaten Yalimo | |
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Trans-Papua road on Elelim, capital of Yalimo | |
| Motto: Nori Maniek | |
Location in Highland Papua | |
Location in Indonesian Papua Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 3°47′06″S 139°26′49″E / 3.785°S 139.447°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Highland Papua |
| Capital | Elelim |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Nahor Nekwek |
| • Vice Regent | John W. Wilil |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,330.29 km2 (1,671.93 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 106,740 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Area code | (+62) 971 |
| Website | www |
Yalimo Regency is one of the regencies (Indonesian: Kabupaten Yalimo) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 4,320.29 km3, and had a population at the 2010 Census of 50,763 which doubled to reach 101,973 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 106,740 (comprising 56,520 males and 50,230 females). The administrative centre is at Elelim. The indigenous inhabitants of this well-forested mountainous area are the Yali people.