Koinambe is a village in the

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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. Its population was 333 in 1973. The village is served by Koinambe Airport and Koinambe Hospital. In 1969, the

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organisations the Rotary Club of

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performed aid activities in the village. One of the intentions was to aid children of the village with a

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-associated condition which affected 1 in 4 of them. In 2011, a secondary school for the village built by the Anglican mission was opened. The school is named St Felix Anglican High School. The hospital serving the village was established by the Anglican missionaries.

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{{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub Populated places in Papua New Guinea