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 | ![]() |
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)[1] | |
• 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[2] which doubled to reach 101,973 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 106,740 (comprising 56,520 males and 50,230 females).[1] The administrative centre is at Elelim. The indigenous inhabitants of this well-forested mountainous area are the Yali people.