Namatanai Rural LLG is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

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 ...

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 LLG is located in

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 Islan ...

and the LLG headquarters is

Namatanai Namatanai is a town on the island province of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest settlement on the island and connected to the largest and provincial capital of Kavieng (264 km to the north-west) by the Boluminski Hig ...

. The LLG is accessible by road from

Kavieng Kavieng is the capital of the Papua New Guinean province of New Ireland and the largest town on the island of the same name. The town is located at Balgai Bay, on the northern tip of the island. As of 2009, it had a population of 17,248. Kavi ...

and is bordered by

Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the central area of the island of New Ireland especially the people of Barok, Mandak, Kuot, Notsi and the Tabar Group. The LLG ...

in the north,

Matalai Rural LLG Matalai Rural LLG was created from Wards 15–21 in the Namatanai Rural LLG and Wards 1-2 of Konoagil Rural LLG in the Namatanai district of New Ireland.Fanamaket (New Ireland) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) It is located in the South East Coast ...

in the south east and Konoagil Rural LLG in the west coast. The local language is

Patpatar language Patpatar, or Gelik, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland 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 ( ...

with its Pala, Hinsaal, Sokarek and Sokirik dialects while the

Niwer Mil language The Niwer Mil language is spoken by 9,033 people on Boang Island, Malendok Island, Lif Island and Tefa Island in the Tanga Islands, Namatanai District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. It was split from the Tangga language in 2013. ...

is spoken by Tanga Islanders who have bought blocks of land at Bo village. The LLG president is Michael Singan. Current Population is 20,003 as per 2011 PNG National Census Report.

Wards

*01. Palabong *02. Kabanut (including Umudu village) *03. Matakan *04. Burau *05. Rasirik *06. Labur *07. Loloba *08. Kanapit *09. Pire *10.

*12. Salimun *13. Bisapu *14. Sopau *15. Rativis *16. Hipaling *17. Himau *18. Nokon *19. Hipakat *20. Kembeng *21. Sena *81.

Urban

References

* * * * * Patpatar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) {{coord missing, Papua New Guinea Local-level governments of New Ireland Province