Waigani is a suburb of

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 ...

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 ...

. It includes the Parliament Building of Papua New Guinea, the National and Supreme Court, the

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

Morauta House Morauta House is an office complex in Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It is located close to Parliament House, and houses the executive offices of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. It is named after Mekere Morauta The Right Ho ...

, the PNG National Museum, the National Library, British, Australian and New Zealand High Commissions and Japanese Embassy. At the beginning of Papua New Guinea's self-government in 1973 and its independence in 1975 activities, including the original legislative building and the predecessor of the amateur state theatre and national and supreme court, were in downtown Port Moresby but new buildings were gradually established in Waigani to replace them, as has been the sport field where the Independence Day celebrations were held.

Tourism

* Lamana Hotel National Archives Waigani NCD

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Suburbs of Port Moresby {{NationalCapitalDistrictPNG-geo-stub