![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Dekai_Yahukimo.jpg/640px-Dekai_Yahukimo.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Yahukimo Regency
Regency in Highland Papua, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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,[2] but this figure more than doubled to reach 350,880 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 361,776.[1] 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.
Yahukimo Regency
Kabupaten Yahukimo | |
---|---|
![]() Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo and its airport | |
Motto(s): Damai Sejahtera (Peace [and] Prosper) | |
![]() | |
Coordinates: 4.4667°S 139.5833°E / -4.4667; 139.5833 | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Highland Papua |
Capital | Dekai |
Government | |
• Regent | Didimus Yahuli [id] |
• Vice Regent | Esau Miram [id] |
Area | |
• Total | 17,152 km2 (6,622 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2022 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 361,776 |
• Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Time) |
Area code | (+62) 969 |
Website | www |
Several famines have affected Yahukimo Regency. In 2005, around 60 people died and at least 117 fell seriously ill after a food shortage. Another 113 people died from a famine caused by a failed harvest in 2009, but the regional government denied that the food shortage was a "famine".[4][5][6][7]