Baliem Valley

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Baliem Valley is a highland valley in the Central Range of Papua, Indonesia, known for its dramatic mountain scenery and indigenous Dani communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
accessBy Wamena Airport ⓘ
administrativeDivision Jayawijaya Regency ⓘ
climate cool highland tropical climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of Dani culture ⓘ
discoveredByWesternWorld 1938 American expedition ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 1600 meters above sea level ⓘ
festivalLocation Wamena ⓘ
hasAttraction highland trekking routes ⓘ
traditional Dani villages ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Baliem Valley Festival ⓘ
inhabitedBy Dani people ⓘ
Lani people ⓘ
Yali people ⓘ
knownFor dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ
indigenous Dani communities ⓘ
landscapeFeature river terraces ⓘ
steep mountain slopes ⓘ
languageSpoken Dani languages ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Range ⓘ
Papua ⓘ
locatedOnIsland New Guinea ⓘ
mainRiver Baliem River ⓘ
mountainRange Maoke Mountains ⓘ
nearestMajorTown Wamena ⓘ
partOf Papua Highlands ⓘ
province Highland Papua ⓘ
region Eastern Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Indonesia
religionPracticed Christianity ⓘ
indigenous belief systems ⓘ
timeZone UTC+9 ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
trekking tourism ⓘ
traditionalAgriculture sweet potato cultivation ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing honai huts ⓘ
transportMode local road network ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
vegetation grasslands ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ

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Central Range → contains → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Central Cordillera → contains → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Dani people → mainSettlementArea → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Dani languages → region → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Papua → contains → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Sudirman Range → near → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Wamena → associatedWith → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Wamena → locatedInValley → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Wamena Airport → serves → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Baliem Valley cultural festival → organisedIn → Baliem Valley highlands ⓘ
linked to: Baliem Valley
Jayawijaya Regency → knownFor → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Jayawijaya Regency → hasScenicArea → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Dani → region → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Baliem River → flowsThrough → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Dead Birds → filmingLocation → Baliem Valley ⓘ
Making Dead Birds → filmingLocation → Baliem Valley, Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Baliem Valley