Yalimo Regency


Yalimo Regency is one of the regencies 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. The administrative centre is at Elelim. The indigenous inhabitants of this well-forested mountainous area are the Yali people.

Administrative districts

Yalimo Regency comprises five districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
2010
census
Pop'n
2020
census
Pop'n
mid 2022
estimate
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code
95.06.05Welarek1,282.508,68723,98327,066Welarek6199083
95.06.02Apalapsili383.325,84016,04618,084Apalapsili5099084
95.06.03Abenaho1,131.8124,57733,96331,353Pasviley10899085
95.06.01Elelim660.765,94615,54417,267Elelim4499082
95.06.04Benawa871.905,71312,43713,100Gilika3799081
Totals4,330.2950,763101,973106,870Elelim300

At 108 kampung, Abenaho District has the largest number of villages among all the districts of Indonesia.

Climate

Elelim, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy rainfall all year round.