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 ...

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.

Administrative divisions

At the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into four regions, namely the Highlands,

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, Momase, and

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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. Each province has one or more

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, and each district has one or more local-level government (LLG) areas. For

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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 LLGs. Wards are further divided into census units (CU).

List of local-level governments 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 ...

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 ...

Enga Province Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is located in the north most region of the highlands of PNG, having been divided from the Western Highlands to become a separate province when the provinces were created at the time of in ...

Southern Highlands Province

Western Highlands Province

Hela Province

Jiwaka Province

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 populo ...

East New Britain Province

Manus Province

New Ireland Province

West New Britain Province

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Sandaun (West Sepik) Province

Southern Region

Central Province

Gulf Province A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another ...

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 ...

Oro (Northern) Province

Western (Fly) Province

National Capital District

Demographics and postal codes

The following is a list of local-level government areas sorted by postal code. Postal codes, all prefixed with the country code PG, begin with two-digit provincial codes, followed by two-digit district codes, and finally two-digit LLG codes.

References

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LLG boundary maps by Province
(National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea) * * *

External links

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

* Inter_Government_relations_department_of_PNGPNG_Business_DirectoryList_of_District_Capitals
NG_Electoral_Commission_(document_contains_LLG_details)

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