Dekai | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western New Guinea and Indonesia |
Coordinates: | -4.8592°N 139.4739°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western New Guinea |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Highland Papua |
Established Title: | Founded |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
Population Total: | 3419 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Timezone: | Indonesia Eastern Time |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Dekai is a town in the province of Highland Papua, Indonesia, and the actual administrative center of Yahukimo Regency. The official administrative center of Yahukimo Regency is Sumohai. Sumohai is located 25 kilometers north of Dekai, and due to the lack of infrastructure in Sumohai, the administrative center of Yahukimo Regency is in Dekai. In the 2010 census, Dekai's Suma District (Indonesian: Distrik Sumo) had a total of 3,419 people.[1]
The town is located on the Bulaza River (Indonesian: Sungai Brazza) and the Dykno Puglia Airport is located in the northwest of the town.
The town has its own airport Nop Goliat Dekai Airport.
Dekai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.