Jimi District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the

Jiwaka Province Jiwaka is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is temporarily located in Kurumul. Mostly all provincial matters are handled in Kurumul while few are handled in Banz and Minj. The province covers an area of 4,798 km², and ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. Its capital is

Tabibuga Tabibuga is the District HQ of Jimi District in Jiwaka Province of Papua New Guinea. The magnetic declination Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (the direction the north ...

. The population of the district was 71,379 at the 2011 census. Before May 2012, it was part of the

Western Highlands Province Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 4,299 km2, and there are 362,850 inhabitants (2011 census), making the Western Highlands the most densely populated pro ...

. It is home to the

Jimi Valley Jimi is a geographical area in the inlands of Papua New Guinea. It is located in the Jimi District of Jiwaka, which was previously a part of the Western Highlands Province until May 2012. It is home to the Jimi Valley. The Jimi District is one o ...

and the village of

Koinambe Koinambe is a village in the Jimi District of Jiwaka Province in Papua New Guinea. Its population was 333 in 1973. The village is served by Koinambe Airport and Koinambe Hospital. In 1969, the Anglican missionary organisations the Rotary Club o ...

. The district contains two

local-level governments Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

(LLGs): Jimi Rural and Kol Rural.

References

Districts of Papua New Guinea Jiwaka Province {{JiwakaProvince-geo-stub