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Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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Administrative divisions

On the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into 4
regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, which are
Highlands Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau. Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to: Places Albania * Dukagjin Highlands Armenia * Armenian Highlands Australia *Sou ...
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Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
, Momase, and Southern regions. Below, Papua New Guinea has 22 province-level divisions: 20 integrated provinces, the autonomous province of North Solomons (Bougainville) and the
National Capital District A capital district, capital region or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any politi ...
. Each province has one or more districts, and each district has one or more local-level government (LLG) areas. For
census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units. Wards typically consist of a few hundred to a few thousand individuals, and are the lowest level of government administration under local-level governments (LLGs).


List of districts by region and province


Highlands Region Highlands Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea. Subdivision The Region is administratively divided into seven provinces: * Chimbu (Simbu) *Eastern Highlands * Enga *Hela * Jiwaka * Southern Highlands * Western Highlands See also * ...


Chimbu 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 ta ...

* Chuave District * Gumine District *
Karimui-Nomane District Karimui-Nomane District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Karimui Karimui Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; ...
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Kerowagi District Kerowagi District is one of six districts of the Simbu Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerowagi and the district has three Local Level Government (LLG) areas: Gena-Waugla Rural, Kerowagi Rural, and Kup Rural. Kerowagi is located g ...
* Kundiawa-Gembogl District * Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District (Sinasina-Yonggomugl District)


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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Daulo District Daulo District is part of the Eastern Highlands (Papua New Guinea), Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. It is along the Highlands highway (Okuk Highway) leading to the other Highlands provinces, namely Simbu Province, Western Highland ...
* Goroka District * Henganofi District * Kainantu District * Lufa District * Obura-Wonenara District * Okapa District *
Unggai-Benna District Unggai-Bena District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Indepe ...


Enga Province

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Lagaip-Porgera District Lagaip-Porgera District (also spelled local as Lagaip-Pogera District) is a district of the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its principal towns are Laiagam and Porgera Porgera (also spelled Pogera) is a town in Enga Province, Papua New Gu ...
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Wapenamanda District Wapenamanda District is a district in Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wapenamanda. The population of the district was 71,797 at the 2011 census.Wabag District Wabag District is a district of the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wabag Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highl ...


Southern Highlands Province Southern Highlands is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its provincial capital is the town of Mendi. According to Papua New Guinea's national 2011 census, the total population of Southern Highlands (after the separation of Hela Province) is 515,511 ...

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Ialibu-Pangia District Ialibu-Pangia District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Ind ...
* Imbonggu District *
Kagua-Erave District Kagua-Erave District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Indep ...
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Mendi-Munihu District Mendi-Munihu District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Mendi. The population was 144,629 at the 2011 census. Settlements * Kamb * Kip * Mendi Mendi, Papua New Guinea, is the provincia ...
* Nipa-Kutubu District


Western Highlands Province Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 4,299 km2, and there are 362,850 inhabitants (2011 census), making the Western Highlands the most densely populated pr ...

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Dei District Dei District is a Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea, district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Muglamp, Papua New Guinea, Dei. The population of the district was 81,016 at the 2011 census.
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Mount Hagen District Mount Hagen District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Indepe ...
* Mul-Baiyer District * Tambul-Nebilyer District


Hela Province Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Tari. The province covers an area of 10,498 km², and there are 249,449 inhabitants (2011 census figures). Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising t ...

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Komo-Magarima District Komo-Margarima District is a district of the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet ...
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Koroba-Kopiago District Koroba-Kopiago District is a district of the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet ...
* Tari-Pori District


Jiwaka Province Jiwaka is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is temporarily located in Kurumul. Mostly all provincial matters are handled in Kurumul while few are handled in Banz and Minj. The province covers an area of 4,798 km², and ...

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Anglimp-South Waghi District Anglimp-South Wahgi District is a district of the Jiwaka Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Minj. The population of the district was 194,109 at the 2011 census.Jimi District Jimi District is a district of the Jiwaka Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Tabibuga. The population of the district was 71,379 at the 2011 census. Before May 2012, it was part of the Western Highlands Province. It is home to the Jimi V ...
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North Waghi District North Waghi District is a district of the Jiwaka Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Banz. The population of the district was 78,499 at the 2011 census.Islands Region The New Guinea Islands Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG), comprising the Bismarck Archipelago and north-western Solomon Islands Archipelago, located north-east of New Guinea island (the mainland). This is the least populou ...


East New Britain Province East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely d ...

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Gazelle District Gazelle District is one of four administrative districts that make up the province of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. The headquarters of Gazelle district is located in Kerevat town, located approximately 35 km from Kokopo, the pro ...
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Kokopo District Kokopo District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province. See also *Districts of Papua New Guinea References

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Pomio District Pomio District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province. Languages Papuan languages spoken in the district are Ata, Kol, and Sulka. Austronesian ...
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Rabaul District Rabaul District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet ...


Manus Province Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea in terms of both land area and population, with a land area of , but with more than of water, and the total population is 60,485 (2011 census). The provincial town of Manus is Lorengau. ...

* Manus District


New Ireland Province New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (german: Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea. Physical geography The largest island of the province is New Ireland. Also part of the province a ...

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Kavieng District Kavieng District is the northernmost district of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district contains the northern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as New Hannover, and the St. Matthias Group. The district headquarters is ...
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Namatanai District Namatanai District is the southernmost and larger of the two districts of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district covers the southern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as the Tabar Group, the Lihir Group, the Tanga Isl ...


West New Britain Province West New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of New Britain. The provincial capital is Kimbe. The area of the province is 20,387 km² with a population of 264,264 as of the 2011 census. The province's only land border is w ...

* Kandrian-Gloucester District *
Talasea District Talasea District is a district of the West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kimbe Kimbe is the capital of the province of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea, and the largest settlement on the island. The bustling town o ...


Autonomous Region of Bougainville Bougainville ( ; ; Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil''), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: ''Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil''), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island, while the re ...
( Bougainville Region)

* Central Bougainville District * North Bougainville District * South Bougainville District


Momase Region Momase Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea. Its largest city is Lae, the second city of the nation. The name Momase is a portmanteau of the constituent provinces, Morobe, Madang and Sepik (East and West). Momase is by far the most li ...


East Sepik Province East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. History Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier b ...

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Ambunti-Dreikikier District Ambunti-Dreikikier District (sometimes spelled Ambunti-Drekikier District) is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. April Salome Forest Management Area is ...
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Angoram District Angoram is a town and seat of Angoram District in East Sepik Province in north-western Papua New Guinea. The area is noted for its rubber and cocoa plantations and the town is situated on the Sepik River. The town is served by Angoram Airport. It ...
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Wewak District Wewak District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. The main town is Wewak Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is ...
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Wosera-Gawi District Wosera-Gawi District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet b ...
* Yangoru-Saussia District


Madang Province 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. ...

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Bogia District Bogia District is a district in the north-west of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. Almami Rural LLG Almami Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Madang Provin ...
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Madang District Madang District is a district in the central part of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Indepe ...
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Middle Ramu District 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. See also *Middle Ramu languages The Middle Ramu or Annaberg languages are a sm ...
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Rai Coast District Rai Coast District is a district in the southeast of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six districts that of the Madang Province. The District has four local level government (LLG) areas namely; Astrolabe Bay, Nahu Rawa, (Nanki ...
* Sumkar District * Usino Bundi District


Morobe Province Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital and largest city is Lae. The province covers 33,705 km2, with a population of 674,810 (2011 census), and since the division of Southern Highlands ...

* Finschhafen District * Huon District *
Kabwum District Kabwum District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bil ...
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Lae District Lae District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is 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 ...
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Markham District Markham District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong ...
* Menyamya District * Nawae District * Tawae-Siassi District *
Bulolo_District Bulolo District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Bulolo. The population of the district was 101,568 at the 2011 census. Since 19 July 2012 the district has been represented in parliament In moder ...


Sandaun (West Sepik) Province

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Aitape-Lumi District Aitape-Lumi District is a district of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Aitape.Districts of Papua New G ...
* Nuku District *
Telefomin District Telefomin District is a district of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Telefomin. Its inhabitants include the Mountain Ok people, a cultural group with numerous sub-groups including the Telefol, the Urapmin, and the Wopkaimin ...
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Vanimo-Green River District Vanimo-Green River District is a district of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Vanimo Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province (West Sepik) in north-westernmost Papua New Guinea and of Vanimo-Green River District. It is lo ...


Southern Region


Central Province

* Abau District * Goilala District *
Kairuku-Hiri District 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. Over half of the population of the Kairuku-Hi ...
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Rigo District Rigo District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province. Local-level government areas * Rigo Central Rural * Rigo Coastal Rural * Rigo Inland Rural Town ...


Gulf Province A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodie ...

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Kerema District Kerema District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerema Kerema is the capital of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located on the coast of Gulf of Papua. The Gulf region is aptly named for its concave ...
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Kikori District Kikori District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kikori Kikori is a small town in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Kikori lies in the delta of the Kikori River at the head of the Gulf of Papua. Th ...


Milne Bay Province Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...

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Alotau District Alotau is the capital of Milne Bay Province, in the south-east of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the northern shore of Milne Bay. The town is located within Alotau Urban LLG. Alotau is also the annual forum for Australian and Papua New Guinea ...
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Esa'ala District Esa'ala District is a Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea, district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Esa'ala. The population of the district was 54,467 at the 2011 census.Kiriwini-Goodenough District *
Samarai-Murua District Samarai-Murua District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Murua. The population of the district was 58,590 at the 2011 census.Oro (Northern) Province

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Ijivitari District Ijivitari District is a district of the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Popondetta Popondetta (sometimes spelled Popondota) is the capital of Oro (Northern) Province in Papua New Guinea. Popondetta is a city. In 1951 the c ...
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Sohe District Sohe District is a district of the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kokoda. The population was 86,547 at the 2011 census. In 2017, St. Andrew's First Aid Australia commenced first aid support to the villages along the Kokoda tr ...


Western (Fly) Province

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North Fly District The North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is the northernmost, smallest, and arguably the most remote of the three districts of the province. It contains the Local-Level Government (LLG) areas of Kiunga Rural, Kiunga Urb ...
* Middle Fly District * South Fly District


National Capital District A capital district, capital region or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any politi ...

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National Capital District A capital district, capital region or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any politi ...


See also

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Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea has 326 local-level governments (LLGs) comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018. ''Note'': LLG names with slashes (/) are listed with dashes (-) due to technical limitations on previous versions of the Wikipedia software. Administrati ...
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Provinces of Papua New Guinea For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 provincial-level divisions, which include 20 provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and the National Capital ...
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Regions of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is divided into four regions, which are its broadest administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea. While the 22 provincial-level divisions are the primary administrative divisions of PNG, the regions are quite significant in da ...
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List of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea This is a list of cities, towns, and villages in Papua New Guinea. List Papua New Guinea's three cities are Lae, Mount Hagen, and Port Moresby. The other settlements in the following list are towns and villages. See also * Districts o ...
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List of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea by population This is a list of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea by population. Many of these figures were taken from the most recent PNG census, which was in the year 2000. Many population centres will have substantially grown since the year 2000 (su ...


References

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External links


National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea
(2011 National Population and Housing Census documents)

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130524173631/http://www.nri.org.pg/research_divisions/cross_divisional_projects/ LLG boundary maps by Provincebr>Local Level Government list
https://web.archive.org/web/20140316232847/http://www.igr.gov.pg/ Inter Government relations department of PNG]
PNG Business Directory

List of District Capitals


NG Electoral Commission (document contains LLG details)


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