For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is divided into administrative divisions called regions and provinces.
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 ...
districts
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PNG is divided into four regions. While not official administrative divisions for most purposes, regions are quite significant in daily life. People generally identify strongly with their region, and inter-region rivalries can be intense.
There are four regions, each of which comprises a number of provinces:
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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
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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).
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East New Britain
East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely des ...
West New Britain
West New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of New Britain. The provincial capital is Kimbe. The area of the province is 20,387 km² with a population of 264,264 as of the 2011 census. The province's only land border is w ...
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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 ...
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East Sepik
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 ...
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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Gulf
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Milne Bay
Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea. More than long and over wide, Milne Bay is a sheltered deep-water harbor accessible via Ward Hunt Strait. It is surrounded by the heavily wooded Stirling Range to t ...
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsMorobe'', '' Madang'', and '' Sepik''.
Provinces
PNG is also divided into 22 province-level divisions: 20 provinces plus the autonomous region ( Bougainville) and the National Capital District.
Provinces are the primary administrative divisions of PNG. Provincial governments are branches of the national government - PNG is not a
federation
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of provinces. Each province forms a provincial electorate for the national parliament. The provinces are as follows:
Districts
Each province is divided into one or more districts. As of 2011, there were 87 districts in PNG.Districts of Papua New Guinea on statoids.com
Each district forms an open electorate for the national parliament, with the exception of the National Capital District, which is further divided into three open electorates.
Local-level governments
Each district is divided into one or more Local-Level Government areas, with the exception of the National Capital District.
There are 326 LLGs comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018.