Yahukimo Regency
Yahukimo Regency
Kabupaten Yahukimo | |
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Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo and its airport | |
| Motto(s): Damai Sejahtera (Peace [and] Prosper) | |
Location in Indonesian Papua Location in Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 4°28′00″S 139°35′00″E / 4.4667°S 139.5833°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Highland Papua |
| Capital | Dekai |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Didimus Yahuli |
| • Vice Regent | Esau Miram |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,152 km2 (6,622 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2022 estimate) | |
• Total | 361,776 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 969 |
| Website | www |
Yahukimo Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 17,152 km2, and had a population of 164,512 at the 2010 Census, but this figure more than doubled to reach 350,880 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 361,776. The official administrative centre of Yahukimo Regency is at Sumohai, which is located 25 kilometres north of the town of Dekai, but - due to the lack of infrastructure in Sumohai - the actual administrative centre of the regency is in Dekai. The regency was formerly part of the Jayawijaya Regency, but was split off to become a separate regency on 11 December 2002.