Vanimo

Vanimo's Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vanimo.http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/oceania/2920.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite map Pope Francis visited the town on 8 September 2024 as part of a tour of South East Asia and Oceania.{{cite news |last1=Kuku |first1=Rebecca |title=Pope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/08/pope-francis-welcomed-to-remote-papua-new-guinea-as-he-seeks-to-break-down-distances |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=8 September 2024}}

Vanimo is a small township with an economy based around the timber industry. Logging company Vanimo Forest Products, which is owned by Malaysian company Rimbunan Hijau, is the chief employer.

There is an airport in Vanimo, Vanimo Airport.

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Vanimo is known as a surfing destination. It has a reputation of having the most consistent waves in Papua New Guinea. Surfing season is mid October through to late April.

Vanimo also is a popular destination for foreign workers in Papua/Indonesia who need to leave the country in order to renew their visas. In this case they come over for a day to visit the Indonesian consulate, stay in one of the hotels along the "sundaun-road" and head back to the border 24 hours later.

The boardriders' club at Lido Village were the subject of a report on Australia's Dateline current affairs program.

Vanimo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). It has very warm to hot and wet weather year round. The average annual rainfall is {{convert|2601|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}.

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| temperature colour = pastel

| Jan high C = 30.6

| Feb high C = 30.2

| Mar high C = 30.6

| Apr high C = 30.9

| May high C = 31.2

| Jun high C = 31.0

| Jul high C = 30.7

| Aug high C = 30.6

| Sep high C = 30.8

| Oct high C = 31.4

| Nov high C = 31.2

| Dec high C = 30.9

| Jan mean C = 27.4

| Feb mean C = 27.2

| Mar mean C = 27.4

| Apr mean C = 27.7

| May mean C = 27.9

| Jun mean C = 27.6

| Jul mean C = 27.4

| Aug mean C = 27.3

| Sep mean C = 27.4

| Oct mean C = 27.9

| Nov mean C = 27.3

| Dec mean C = 27.7

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = 24.3

| Feb low C = 24.3

| Mar low C = 24.3

| Apr low C = 24.5

| May low C = 24.6

| Jun low C = 24.3

| Jul low C = 24.1

| Aug low C = 24.0

| Sep low C = 24.1

| Oct low C = 24.4

| Nov low C = 24.3

| Dec low C = 24.5

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 320.8

|Feb rain mm = 206.8

|Mar rain mm = 265.0

|Apr rain mm = 278.2

|May rain mm = 239.3

|Jun rain mm = 216.4

|Jul rain mm = 215.0

|Aug rain mm = 182.8

|Sep rain mm = 128.2

|Oct rain mm = 132.8

|Nov rain mm = 201.4

|Dec rain mm = 214.8

|Jan rain days = 19

|Feb rain days = 21

|Mar rain days = 20

|Apr rain days = 18

|May rain days = 21

|Jun rain days = 16

|Jul rain days = 18

|Aug rain days = 15

|Sep rain days = 19

|Oct rain days = 17

|Nov rain days = 16

|Dec rain days = 20

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• {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Tebedu, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Vanimo Coast languages
• Vanimo language

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Category:Populated places in Sandaun Province

Category:Provincial capitals in Papua New Guinea

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