Sawoi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: Papua
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 2.6246° S, 140.3356° E
• Time zone: Asia/Jayapura (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 3,733 km (2,320 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (DJJ): 21 km (13 mi), straight line
• Vanimo Airport (VAI, Papua New Guinea): 108 km (67 mi), straight line
• Bokondini Airport (BUI): 219 km (136 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Depapre: 16 km (10 mi)
• Sentani: 21 km (13 mi)
• Genyem: 21 km (13 mi)
• Abepura: 33 km (21 mi)
• Demta: 36 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jayapura, 44 km (27 mi)