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Jimi District is one of the remote districts of the newly created Jiwaka Province, in Papua New Guinea. The district is located in the Jimi Valley, which stretches from the northeast corner of Jiwaka and into Madang Province. Jimi district is almost 90% mountainous and has a is covered with rainforest. The district HQ is named Tabibuga, originally called "Tapia Poka", which in the Narak dialect refers to a native tree that grows around that area. Because of the complexity of pronuounciation by the earlier explorers, they called it "Tabibuga" The district is further sub-divided into three small sub-districts; Upper Jimi - Kol, Middle Jimi - Tabibuga and Lower Jimi - Koinambe. The district got its name after Jim Taylor who toured the place in the early 1960s. There are many different languages spoken in Jimi. The major one being Komblaka and Narak. Komblaka is spoken by people living towards the North Waghi District and towards Kerowaghi District of the SImbu Province, while the Narak is spoken by the Kaulaka Tribe, Nguntska Kolika Tribe, the Morkai tribe, Mulma Tribe, and some living along the Bismack Range Koriom, Mogni, Togban and towards the western end the people living in Maikmol Villages. There are people that speak the Melpa language of the Hagen and these people live along the range towards the western part of the district. Some people towards the Mt. Wilhelm speak the Simbu language ==Population== The total population of Jimi District is estimated to be 70,000 after the 2007 census. However, it is very difficult to get everyone on the common roll due to the isolation of villages. Majority of Jimi are all living by means of subsistence livelihood. The average population growth of Jimi is at present around 7% and life expectancy is around 50 years. Please beware that data in terms of life expectancy is not confirmed, however it concluded based on assumption because most elderly people in Jimi do not know their birth of date, thus making this very complicated. But generally the data on birth dates has improved significantly after the 1970s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimi Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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