Kainantu Urban LLG | |
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  Kainantu Urban LLG Location within Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 6°17′29″S145°51′27″E / 6.291314°S 145.857476°E Coordinates: 6°17′29″S145°51′27″E / 6.291314°S 145.857476°E | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Eastern Highlands Province |
| District | Kainantu District |
| City | Kainantu |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Kainantu Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] Ukarumpa, an important SIL International base in Papua New Guinea, is located in the LLG.
This page is a list of local-level governments (LLGs) of Papua New Guinea. There are 326 LLGs comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018.
Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km², and has a population of 579,825. The province shares a common administrative boundary with Madang Province to the north, Morobe Province to the east, Gulf Province to the south, and Simbu Province to the west. The province is the home of the Asaro mud mask that is displayed at shows and festivals within the province and in the country. It is reachable by air and road transport.
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a sovereign state in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. It is the world's 3rd largest island country with 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi).
