For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 province-level divisions, which include 20 provinces, the autonomous region of Bougainville and the National Capital District of Port Moresby.
Oro Province, formerly Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km2, and has 176,206 inhabitants. The province shares land borders with Morobe Province to the northwest, Central Province to the west and south, and Milne Bay Province to the southeast. The province is located within the Papuan Peninsula.
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people and is 43,426 km square in size.
Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 237,016 people and is 29,998 square kilometres (11,582 sq mi) in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb of Konedobu. On 9 October 2007, the Central Province government announced plans to build a new provincial capital city at Bautama, which lies within Central Province near Port Moresby, although there has been little progress in constructing it.
The Middle Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is a large, coastal district that forms the central area of the Fly River basin. It contains the Local-Level Government areas of: Balimo Urban, Bamu Rural, Gogodaia Rural, Lake Murray Rural, and Nomad Rural, and the population centres of Balimo, Bamu, Gogodala and Nomad. It also contains the largest lake in the country, Lake Murray.
This page is a list of districts of Papua New Guinea.
The Kwalean or Humene–Uare languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They are classified within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans–New Guinea.
Goilala District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.
Kairuku-Hiri District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province, and surrounds the national capital, Port Moresby.
Sir Ano Pala, is a Papua New Guinean politician. He has been a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea since 2007, representing the electorate of Rigo Open. He is Minister for Justice and Attorney-General in the government of Peter O'Neill.
Pawaia, also known as Sira, Tudahwe, Yasa, is a Papuan language that forms a tentative independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).
Uare, or Kwale, is a language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Garihe (Garia) and Uare proper. It is spoken in Rigo Inland Rural LLG, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
Humeme is a language of the "Bird's Tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken mainly in and around the village of Manugoro in Rigo Central Rural LLG, Central Province.
Barai is a Koiarian language spoken in Oro Province of Papua New Guinea.
Sinaugoro is an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It is mainly spoken in the Rigo District of Central Province by some 15,000 people. The language is closely related to Motu.
Catherine Anne Davani was a Papua New Guinean judge. She was a judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 2001 until her death. She was the first female judge in Papua New Guinea.
Rigo Central Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
Rigo Coastal Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
Rigo Inland Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Papua New Guinea refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The first missionaries arrived in 1980. As of December 31, 2019, there were 30,825 members in 81 congregations, making it the largest body of LDS Church members in Melanesia and the fifth largest in Oceania.
