Daulo District is part of the
Eastern Highlands Province
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 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary w ...
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Papua New Guinea
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. It is along the Highlands highway (Okuk Highway) leading to the other Highlands provinces, namely
Simbu Province
Chimbu, more frequently spelled Simbu, is a province in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea. The province has an area of 6,112 km2 and a population of 376,473 (2011 census). The capital of the province is Kundiawa. Mount Wilhelm, the tal ...
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Western Highlands,
Southern Highlands and
Enga Province
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. 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.
District administration functions very much depend on government funds as there are not much of District profit-making undertakings. Daulo District continues to upgrade the road systems on an ''ad hoc'' basis due to lack of funding. There are three constituencies and they are: Upper Asaro local level government council, Lower Asaro local level government council and Watabung local level government council. Languages spoken differs from clan to clan but the major spoken language is known as "Dano". Most of the population speaks English and Tok Pisin.
The main cash crop in Daulo is
coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
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. Recently in 2002, inland fishing was introduced by Hon.
Ron Ganarafo, member for Daulo 1997–2002, who return his seat again in 2012 general election. His aim to assist school children and generate more human resources. he was the fourth M.P. to hand the district five-year plan to minister for Planning Hon. Charles Able. However, most people live a subsistence living. As people begin to learn about marketing in other parts of Papua New Guinea, many have gone into agriculture to supply local markets around the country, specifically
Lae
Lae () is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River and at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highl ...
,
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...
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Madang
Madang (old German name: ''Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen'') is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century.
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and
Rabaul
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.
The people are now divided into various types of economic activities, 50% still in coffee, 40% in agriculture, 7% inland fishing and the rest other activities. Even though people tend to produce bags of Kaukau (sweet potato), carrot, cabbage and other commodities, yet live a poverty life.
The land is fertile and most Daulo people are hard workers. In 20 years time, Daulo district aims to export coffee and fish to other parts of the world with the help of Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) based in Goroka and National Fisheries Authority (NFA).
Daulo is venturing into tourism industry due to beautiful landscapes, rich cultural performances such as the unique and globally famous Asaro Mudmen. Apart from Asaro Mudmen, Daulo have Nokondi Cultural performance, sing-sing groups beautifully and colorfully dressed in their traditional attires among others. Daulo is annually receiving tourists from Japan, Australia including other counties.
{{Districts of Eastern Highlands Province
Districts of Eastern Highlands Province