Hela is a 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 Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. 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 three districts previously part of
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 ...
.
Districts and LLGs
There were three
districts in the province. However, one new electorate known as Komo Hulia LLG was approved in April 2022 and will go for first election in 28th April 2022 after splitting the Komo-Margarima Electorate. Each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For
census
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purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.
National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea
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Provincial leaders
Chairmen of the Hela Transitional Authority (2010–2012)
Governors (2012–present)
Members of the National Parliament
The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament
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. There is one provincial electorate
Electorate may refer to:
* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector
The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, ...
and each district is an open electorate.
References
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Provinces of Papua New Guinea
Highlands Region
States and territories established in 2012
2012 establishments in Papua New Guinea