Sumkar District

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Sumkar District
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Sumkar District
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 4°39′07″S145°58′37″E / 4.652°S 145.977°E / -4.652; 145.977
Country Papua New Guinea
Province Madang Province
Capital Karkar Island
Area
  Total2,001 km2 (773 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total84,944
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+10 (AEST)

Sumkar District is a district in the north of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. Sumkar is a district which is made up of Karkar Island and part of mainland NCR.

Madang Province Place in Papua New Guinea

Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang.

Papua New Guinea Constitutional monarchy in Oceania

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).

Karkar Island mountain

Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. The island is about 25 km in length and 19 km in width. In the centre is an active volcano with two nested calderas.

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Daulo District Place in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Daulo District is part of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. It is along the Highlands highway leading to the other Highlands provinces, namely Simbu Province, Western Highlands, Southern Highlands and Enga Province. Daulo District shares geographical border with Simbu Province and Madang Province. Part of Daulo District's Upper Asaro Constituency is a walking distance to Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea's highest mountain in Simbu Province. Daulo is the real home of the famous Asaro Mudmen. It has a total population of over 45,000 people. It has a small district office administered by the District Administrator who is a representative of the provincial government. The electoral member for Daulo, with the help of the governor for the province, is responsible for the set up and running of Daulo District similarly with the other districts in the Eastern Highlands Province. The district was partly the implementation of the reform initiative undertaken by the Morauta government in 1995.

Districts of Papua New Guinea

This page is a list of districts of Papua New Guinea.

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Middle Ramu District is a district in the south-west of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.

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Usino Bundi District Place in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

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Brem (Barem), also known as Bunabun, is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Mbore a.k.a. Gamei (Gamai) is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Gamei and Boroi villages in Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province.

Lilau is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, closely related to Monumbo. It is spoken in Lilau ward, Almami Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province.

Gorovu is a nearly extinct Ramu language of Papua New Guinea.

Manep is a Papuan language of Sumgilbar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Saidor is a village located in Madang Province, on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Saidor is also the administrative centre of the Rai Coast District of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea.

Yamben is a Trans–New Guinea language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It was first documented by Andrew Pick in the 2010s and classified by Pick (2019) as a probable primary branch of Madang, though its precise classification is still pending further research. Although surrounded by Croisilles languages, Yamben is not one of them.

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Coordinates: 4°39′07″S145°58′37″E / 4.652°S 145.977°E / -4.652; 145.977

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