Kenyam is a town and district in Nduga Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. It is the capital of the regency. Its population is 8148.[1]: 2134
Kenyam | |
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Coordinates: 4°36′5.3172″S 138°23′1.0644″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Highland Papua |
Regency | Nduga Regency |
District | Kenyam District |
Elevation | 1,683 ft (513 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,148[1] |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Standard Time) |
On 31 December 2015, President Joko Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Iriana, visited Kenyam, Nduga Regency, Papua Province, to review the construction of the road that will connect Nduga and Wamena. The trip of Widodo and First Lady Iriana and his entourage from Wamena to Kenyam, Nduga Regency was taken for 2 hours by changing transportation modes from Hercules VVIP A 1314 and Heli Super Puma TNI AU. On that occasion President Jokowi also conveyed, in addition to building a road leading to Wamena, in the Nduga region Mumugu's large port will also be opened. With the opening of this large port, the logistics and materials from and to Mumugu can be distributed using land routes that have penetrated all districts in Papua.[2]
Kenyam has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Kenyam | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.1 (84.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.0 (67.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 278 (10.9) |
295 (11.6) |
358 (14.1) |
326 (12.8) |
288 (11.3) |
247 (9.7) |
279 (11.0) |
297 (11.7) |
273 (10.7) |
267 (10.5) |
229 (9.0) |
251 (9.9) |
3,388 (133.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[3] |
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