Nimamar Rural LLG | |
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| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | New Ireland Province |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Nimamar Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Lihir Group of islands. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and contains the Lihir Gold Mine, which is the second largest gold deposit in the world. Main language spoken here is the Lihir language. Many speakers of other languages are present here due to the mining on the island. Commonly are Niwer Mil language, Kuanua language and Mandara language.
New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg, is the most northeastern province of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a country 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).
Lihir Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north of New Ireland, at 3°S 152.583333°E. It is a part of Bismarck Archipelago. Largest island of the group is Lihir, other islands include: Mali, Mahur, Masahet and Sanambiet.
The current LLG president is Ambrose Silul who is also the Deputy Governor of New Ireland. The total population of the LLG is 25,608 (Census 2011).
