Simbang, Morobe

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Simbang
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Simbang
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 6°35′S147°49′E / 6.583°S 147.817°E / -6.583; 147.817
Country Papua New Guinea
Province Morobe Province
Time zone UTC+10 (AEST)
Climate Af

Simbang is a village and a ward on the Huon Peninsula, in Yabim Mape Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. [1]

In 1886, the first Lutheran mission station was built near Simbang by Johann Flierl. So Simbang was the starting point of Christianization in Papua New Guinea. [2]

References

  1. ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  2. ↑ "Mission Logaweng" . Retrieved 2024-01-19.


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