Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea
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This page is a list of districts and Local-Level Government areas of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

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On the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into four Regions
Regions of Papua New Guinea
The four regions of Papua New Guinea are its broadest scale administrative divisions. While the twenty province-level divisions are the primary administrative divisions of the country, the regions are quite significant in daily life, as they are often the basis for organisation of government...

. Below, Papua New Guinea has 20 province-level divisions
Provinces of Papua New Guinea
The provinces of Papua New Guinea are the primary administrative divisions of the country. Provincial governments are branches of the national government– Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces...

: 18 integrated provinces, the autonomous province of North Solomons (Bougainville)
Bougainville Province
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville, previously known as North Solomons, is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea. The largest island is Bougainville Island , and the province also includes the island of Buka and assorted outlying islands including the Carterets...

 and the National Capital District. Each province has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.

National Capital District
Port Moresby
Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

District District Capital LLG Name
National Capital District Port Moresby
Port Moresby
Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

Moresby North-East
Moresby North-West
Moresby South

Central Province
Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 183,983 people and is in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb...

District District Capital LLG Name
Abau District
Abau District
Abau District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-Local-level government areas:* Amazon Bay Rural* Aroma Rural* Cloudy Bay Rural-Towns and major villages:...

Abau Amazon Bay Rural
Aroma Rural
Cloudy Bay Rural
Goilala District
Goilala District
Goilala District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-Local-level government areas:* Guari Rural* Tapini Rural* Woitape Rural-Towns and major villages:...

Tapini Guari Rural
Guari Rural LLG
The Guari Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the Goilala District of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, the LLG had 1,148 households, and a population of 5,438...

Tapini Rural
Tapini Rural LLG
The Tapini Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the Goilala District of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, the LLG had 1,685 households, and a population of 7,315...

Woitape Rural
Kairuku-Hiri District
Kairuku-Hiri District
Kairuku-Hiri District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province, and surrounds the national capital, Port Moresby....

Bereina
Bereina
Bereina is a town in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the Hiritano Highway about northwest of Port Moresby, and contains the headquarters of both the Kairuku-Hiri District and the Kairuku Rural local-level government area. Bereina also hosts a regional...

Hiri Rural
Kairuku Rural
Kairuku Rural LLG
The Kairuku Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the Kairuku-Hiri District of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, the LLG had 3,485 households, and a population of 19,503 . As of 2007, 3,078 students are enrolled in 20 schools in the LLG...

Koiari Rural
Mekeo Kuni Rural
Rigo District
Rigo District
Rigo District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-Local-level government areas:* Rigo Central Rural* Rigo Coastal Rural* Rigo Inland Rural...

Kwikila Rigo Central Rural
Rigo Coastal Rural
Rigo Inland Rural

Eastern Highlands Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Daulo District
Daulo District
Daulo District is part of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. It is along the highway leading to the other Highlands provinces, namely Simbu Province, Western Highlands, Southern Highlands and Enga Province. Daulo is the real home of the famous Asaro Mudman. It has a total...

Asaro Asaro-Watabung Rural
Goroka District
Goroka District
Goroka is a district in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It contains the city of Goroka.The Dano language is spoken there....

Goroka
Goroka
Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people , 1600m above sea level. It has an airport and is on the "Highlands Highway", about 285 km from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km from the nearby town of Kainantu also...

Goroka Rural
Goroka Urban
Henganofi District
Henganofi District
Henganofi District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Henganofi....

Henganofi Henganofi Rural
Kainantu District
Kainantu District
Kainantu District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kainantu....

Kainantu
Kainantu
Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. It is located on the "Highlands Highway" approximately 170 km by road from Lae...

Kainantu Rural
Kainantu Urban
Lufa District
Lufa District
Lufa District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Lufa....

Lufa Lufa Rural
Obura-Wonenara District
Obura-Wonenara District
Obura-Wonenara District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Lamari....

Lamari Lamari Rural
Yelia Rural
Okapa District
Okapa District
Okapa District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Okapa....

Okapa Okapa Rural
Unggai-Benna District
Unggai-Benna District
Unggai-Benna District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Benna....

Benna Unggai-Benna Rural

East New Britain Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Gazelle District
Gazelle District
Gazelle District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Kerevat Central Gazelle Rural
Inland Baining Rural
Lassul Baining Rural
Livuan-Reimber Rural
Toma-Vunadidir Rural
Kokopo District
Kokopo District
Kokopo District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Kokopo
Kokopo
Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000....

Bitapaka Rural
Duke of York Rural
Kokopo-Vunamami Urban
Raluana Rural
Pomio District
Pomio District
Pomio District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Pomio Central-Inland Pomio Rural
East Pomio Rural
Melkoi Rural
Sinivit Rural
West Pomio-Mamusi Rural
Rabaul District
Rabaul District
Rabaul District is a district of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Rabaul
Rabaul
Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. The town was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash of a volcanic eruption. During the eruption, ash was sent thousands of metres into the air and the...

Balanataman Rural
Kombiu Rural
Rabaul Urban
Watom Island Rural

East Sepik Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Ambunti-Dreikikir District
Ambunti-Dreikikir District
Ambunti-Dreikikir District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Ambunti
Ambunti
Ambunti is a town in East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. It has a population of 2110....

Ambunti Rural
Tunap-Hunstein Range Rural
Gawanga Rural
Dreikikir Rural
Angoram District
Angoram District
Angoram District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. The main town in Angoram.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Angoram
Angoram
Angoram is a town and seat of Angoram District in East Sepik Province in northwestern Papua New Guinea. The area is noted for its rubber and cocoa plantations and the town is situated on the Sepik River. The town is served by Angoram Airport....

Angoram-Middle Sepik Rural
Keram Rural
Karawari Rural
Marienberg-Lower Sepik Rural
Yuat Rural
Maprik District
Maprik District
Maprik District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Maprik Albiges Mamblep Rural
Bumbuita Muhiang Rural
Maprik Wora Rural
Yamil Tamaui Rural
Wewak District
Wewak District
Wewak District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. The main town in Wewak.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Wewak
Wewak
Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura. It is the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak....

Boikin Dagua Rural
Turubu Rural
Wewak Islands Rural
Wewak Rural
Wewak Urban
Wosera-Gawi District
Wosera-Gawi District
Wosera-Gawi District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Wosera Burui-Kunai Rural
Gawi Rural
North Wosera Rural
South Wosera Rural
Yangoru-Saussia District
Yangoru-Saussia District
Yangoru-Saussia District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Yangoru East Yangoru Rural
Numbo Rural
Sausso Rural
West Yangoru Rural

Enga Province
Enga Province
Enga refers to both an ethnic group located in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and the province in which they are the majority ethnic group.-Physical geography:...

District District Capital LLG Name
Kandep District
Kandep District
Kandep District is a district of Enga Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province.-See also:*Districts of Papua New Guinea...

Kandep Kandep Rural
Tsak Rural
Wage Rural
Wapenamanda Rural
Kompiam District
Kompiam District
Kompiam District is a district of the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kompiam. The population of the district was 44,137 at the 2000 census....

Kompiam Ambum Rural
Kompiam Rural
Wapi (Uangis) Rural
Lagaip-Porgera District
Lagaip-Porgera District
Lagaip-Porgera District is a district of the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Lagaip-Porgera. The population of the district was 86,901 at the 2000 census....

Lagaip-Porgera Lagaip Rural
Maip-Mulitaka Rural
Paiela-Hewa Rural
Pogera Rural
Wabag District
Wabag District
Wabag District is a district of the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wabag. The population of the district was 57,684 at the 2000 census....

Wabag
Wabag
Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highlands Highway passes through the town, between Mount Hagen and Porgera...

Maramuni Rural
Wabag Rural
Wabag Urban

Gulf Province
Gulf Province
Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,500 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains, the Kikori, Turama, Purari and Vailala rivers all meet the sea known as the...

District District Capital LLG Name
Kerema District
Kerema District
Kerema District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerema....

Kerema
Kerema
Kerema is the capital of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located on the coast of Gulf of Papua. The Gulf region is aptly named for its concave coastline with large deltas. The Gulf area is a riparian region where many rivers from the southern slopes of the highlands drain into.-Culture and...

Central Kerema Rural
East Kerema Rural
Kaintiba Rural
Kerema Urban
Kotidanga Rural
Lakekamu-Tauri Rural
Kikori District
Kikori District
Kikori District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kikori....

Kikori
Kikori
Kikori is a settlement in Papua New Guinea.Kikori lies in the delta of the Kikori River at the head of the Gulf of Papua. This area is particularly biologically rich with a diversity of ecosystems and densely forested, with an intricate system of rivers. The geography is that of limestone karst...

Baimuru Rural
East Kikori Rural
Ihu Rural
West Kikori Rural

Madang Province
Madang Province
Madang is a province on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. The province has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages...

District District Capital LLG Name
Bogia District
Bogia District
Bogia District is a district in the north-west of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-References:*...

Bogia
Bogia
Borgia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetellidae....

Almami Rural
Iabu Rural
Yawar Rural
Madang District
Madang District
Madang District is a district in the central part of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-References:*...

Madang
Madang
Madang is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century....

Ambenob Rural
Madang Urban
Transgogol Rural
Middle Ramu District
Middle Ramu District
Middle Ramu District is a district in the southwest of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-References:*...

Simbai Arabaka Rural
Josephstaal Rural
Simbai Rural
Rai Coast District
Rai Coast District
Rai Coast District is a district in the southeast of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-Basamuk nickel processing plant:...

Saidor Astrolabe Bay Rural
Naho Rawa Rural
Nayudo Rural
Saidor Rural
Sumkar District
Sumkar District
Sumkar District is a district in the north of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. Sumkar is a district which is made up of Karkar Island and part of mainland NCR.-References:*...

Karkar
Karkar Island
Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. The island is about 25 km in length and 19 km in width. In the centre is an active volcano with two nested calderas...

Karkar Rural
Sumgilbar Rural
Usino Bundi District
Usino Bundi District
Usino Bundi District is a district in the south of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province.-References:*...

Usino Bundi Rural
Usino Rural

Manus Province
Manus Province
Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea with a land area of 2,100 km², but with more than 220,000 km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau and the total population is 43,387 ....

District District Capital LLG Name
Manus District
Manus District
Manus District is a district of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Lorengau. The population of the district was 43,589 at the 2000 census....

Lorengau
Lorengau
Lorengau is the major town in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. The town is located on the edge of Seeadler Harbour on Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, and in 2000 Lorengau was recorded to have a population of 5,829....

Aua-Wuvulu Rural
Balopa Rural
Bisikani-Soparibeu Kabin Rural
Lelemadih-Bupi Chupei Rural
Lorengau Urban
Los Negros Rural
Nali Sopat-Penabu Rural
Nigoherm Rural
Pobuma Rural
Pomutu-Kurti-Andra Rural
Rapatona Rural
Tetidu Rural

Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,000 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited...

District District Capital LLG Name
Alotau District
Alotau District
Alotau District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The population of the district was 74,116 at the 2000 census....

Alotau
Alotau
Alotau is the capital of Milne Bay Province, a province of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the northern shore of Milne Bay.The town is located within the area in which the invading Japanese army suffered their first land defeat in the Pacific War in 1942, before the Kokoda Track battle. A...

Alotau Urban
Daga Rural
Huhu Rural
Makamaka Rural
Maramatana Rural
Suau Rural
Weraura Rural
Esa'ala District
Esa'ala District
Esa'ala District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Ferguson. The population of the district was 42,493 at the 2000 census....

Ferguson Dobu Rural
Duau Rural
West Ferguson
Kiriwini-Goodenough District Kiriwina
Kiriwina
Kiriwina is the largest of the Trobriand Islands, with an area of 290.5 km². It is part of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Most of the 12,000 people who live in the Trobriands live on Kiriwina. The Kilivila language, also known as Kiriwina, is spoken on the island...

Goodenough Island Rural
Kiriwini Rural
Samarai-Murua District
Samarai-Murua District
Samarai-Murua District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Murua. The population of the district was 42,855 at the 2000 census....

Murua Bwanabwana Rural
Louisade Rural
Murua Rural
Yaleyamba Rural

Morobe Province
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 34,500 km², including 719 km² maritime area, with a population of 539,725...

District District Capital LLG Name
Bulolo District
Bulolo District
Bulolo District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Bulolo. The population of the district was 76,938 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Bulolo
Bulolo
Bulolo is a town in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. It was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea, situated on the Bulolo River, a tributary of the Markham River, about north-west of Wau. The town is served by Bulolo Airport.Built in June 1930, the...

Mumeng Rural
Waria Rural
Watut Rural
Wau-Bulolo Urban
Wau Rural
Buang Rural 
Finschhafen District Gagidu Hube Rural
Kotte Rural
Finschafen Urban 
Yabim-Mape Rural
Burum-Kuat Rural 
Huon District
Huon District
Huon District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Salamaua. The population of the district was 59,754 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Salamaua
Salamaua
Salamaua was a small town situated on the north-eastern coastline of Papua New Guinea part of Morobe province. The settlement was built on a minor isthmus between the coast with mountains on the inland side and a headland...

Morobe Rural
Salamaua Rural
Wampar Rural
Kabwum District
Kabwum District
Kabwum District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kabwum. The population of the district was 41,877 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Kabwum Deyamos Rural
Komba (Seko) Rural 
Yus Rural
Selepet Rural 
Lae District
Lae District
Lae District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Lae. The population of the district was 118,413 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Lae
Lae
Lae, the capital of Morobe Province, is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located at the start of the Highlands Highway which is the main land transport corridor from the Highlands region to the coast...

Ahi Rural
Lae Urban
Markham District
Markham District
Markham District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kaiapit. The population of the district was 49,074 at the 2000 census....

Kaiapit
Kaiapit
Kaiapit is a town in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The town is the capital of the Markham District and is serviced by air by Kaiapit Airport. The battle of Kaiapit was fought at the nearby mission station....

Onga-Waffa Rural
Umi-Atzero Rural
Wantoat-Leron Rural
Menyamya District
Menyamya District
Menyamya District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Menyamya. The population of the district was 67.839 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Menyamya Kapao Rural 
Nanima Kariba 
Kome Rural
Wapi Rural
Nawae District
Nawae District
Nawae District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Boana. The population of the district was 34,967 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Boana Labuta Rural
Nabak Rural
Wain-Erap Rural
Tewae-Siassi District
Tewae-Siassi District
Tewae-Siassi District is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wasu. The population of the district was 42,789 at the 2000 census.-Reference:...

Wasu
Wasu, Papua New Guinea
Wasu is a city in Papua New Guinea. It is the capital of Tewae-Siassi District in Morobe Province, and is located on the Huon Peninsula.Wasu also constitutes one end of the most difficult commercial air journey in the world. To get from Wasu to RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands requires...

Sialum Rural
Siassi Rural
Wasu Rural

New Ireland Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Kavieng District
Kavieng District
Kavieng District is the northernmost district of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district contains the northern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as New Hannover, and the St. Matthias Group....

Kavieng
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 2000, it had a population of 10,600....

Kavieng Urban
Kavieng Urban LLG
The Kavieng Urban LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is located in Kavieng District and the LLG headquarters is Kavieng. This LLG has six wards. The area is a renowned habitat for the Nutrias or giant rats....

Lavongai Rural
Lavongai Rural LLG
The Lavongai Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the island of New Hanover and a few surrounding islands. The LLG is located in Kavieng District and the LLG headquarters is Taskul. Some population centres in the LLG are: Taskul,...

Murat Rural
Murat Rural LLG
The Murat Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG president is Derol Maisi. The LLG administers the St. Matthias Group of islands and is located in Kavieng District....

Tikana Rural
Tikana Rural LLG
The Tikana Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the northern section of the island of New Ireland, as well as Dyaul Island and some Tigak islands in the strait between New Ireland and New Hanover....

Namatanai District
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 Tangga Group and the Feni Islands.The district headquarters is...

Namatanai
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 by the Boluminski Highway. In 2005, Namantanai was estimated to have a population of 1300 people.During...

Konoagil Rural
Konoagil Rural LLG
The Konoagil Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the southern peninsula of the island of New Ireland. The LLG is located in Namatanai District....

Namatanai Rural
Namatanai Rural LLG
The Namatanai Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and the LLG headquarters is Namatanai....

Nimamar Rural
Nimamar Rural LLG
The Nimamar Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Lihir Group of islands. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and contains the Lihir Gold Mine, which is the second largest gold deposit in the world.The current LLG president is...

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

Tanir Rural
Tanir Rural LLG
The Tanir Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Tangga Group and the Feni Islands.The current LLG president is Bruno Parbil....


North Solomons Province (Bougainville)

District District Capital LLG Name
Central Bougainville District
Central Bougainville District
Central Bougainville District is a district of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Arawa-Kieta....

Arawa
Arawa, Papua New Guinea
Arawa is the disputed capital and largest settlement in Bougainville Province in Papua New Guinea. The land where Arawa is now situated was previously a large expatriate plantation....

-Kieta
Kieta
Kieta is a port town located on the eastern coast of the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, near the township of Arawa. After extensive destruction during the 1990 Civil Uprising on Bougainville, Kieta has few inhabitants now, and is known mainly for its transport connections .-History:On...

Arawa Rural
Wakunai Rural
North Bougainville District
North Bougainville District
North Bougainville District is a district of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Buka....

Buka
Buka, Papua New Guinea
Buka is situated on Buka Island, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been the capital of the province during the Bougainville civil war...

Atolls Rural
Buka Rural
Kunua Rural
Nissan Rural
Selau Suir Rural
Tinputz Rural
South Bougainville District
South Bougainville District
South Bougainville District is a district of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Buin....

Buin
Buin, Papua New Guinea
Buin is a settlement at the southern end of the island of Bougainville, a part of the North Solomons Province, located in the northern Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.-History:...

Bana Rural
Buin Rural
Siwai Rural
Torokina Rural

Oro (Northern) Province
Oro Province
Oro Province, formerly Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km², and has 133,065 inhabitants ....

District District Capital LLG Name
Ijivitari District
Ijivitari District
Ijivitari District is a district of the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Popondetta. The population was 67,558 at the 2000 census....

Popondetta
Popondetta
Popondetta is the capital of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea.In 1951 the town became the focus of relief efforts after nearby Mount Lamington erupted and killed 4,000 people....

Afore Rural
Cape Nelson Rural
Oro Bay Rural
Popendetta Urban
Sohe District
Sohe District
Sohe District is a district of the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kokoda. The population was 65,156 at the 2000 census....

Kokoda
Kokoda
Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II. In that campaign, it had strategic significance because it had the only airfield along the Track...

Higaturu Rural
Kira Rural
Kokoda Rural
Tamata Rural

Simbu Province
Simbu Province
Simbu, also known as Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea. The province has an area of 6,100 km² and a population of 259,703 . The capital of the province is Kundiawa...

District District Capital LLG Name
Chuave District
Chuave District
Chuave District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Chuave. The population was 35,065 at the 2000 census....

Chuave Chuave Rural
Elimbari Rural
Siane Rural
Gumine District
Gumine District
Gumine District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Gumine. The population was 35,957 at the 2000 census....

Gumine Bomai-Kumai Rural
Gumine Rural
Mount Digine Rural
Karimui-Nomane District
Karimui-Nomane District
Karimui-Nomane District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Karimui. The population was 35,874 at the 2000 census....

Karimui Karimui Rural
Nomane Rural
Salt Rural
Kerowagi District
Kerowagi District
Kerowagi District is one of six districts of the Simbu Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerowagi and the district has three Local Level Government areas: Gena-Waugla Rural, Kerowagi Rural, and Kup Rural....

Kerowagi Gena-Waugla Rural
Kerowagi Rural
Kup Rural
Kundiawa-Gembogl District
Kundiawa-Gembogl District
Kundiawa-Gembogl District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kundiawa. The population was 58,339 at the 2000 census....

Kundiawa
Kundiawa
Kundiawa is the capital of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, with a population of 8,147 . It lies along the Highlands Highway approximately halfway between Goroka and Mount Hagen, respectively the capitals of the Eastern Highlands and Western Highlands provinces.It is a relatively small town,...

Kundiawa Urban
Mount Wilhelm Rural
Niglkande Rural
Waiye Rural
Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District
Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District
Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District is a district of the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Yonggomugl. The population was 37,676 at the 2000 census....

Yonggomugl Sinasina Rural
Suwai Rural
Yonggomugl Rural

Southern Highlands Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Ialibu-Pangia District
Ialibu-Pangia District
Ialibu-Pangia District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Ialibu. The population was 50,243 at the 2000 census....

Ialibu
Ialibu
Ialibu is a town in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, serving as the headquarters for the Ialibu-Pangia District.-Culture:...

East Pangia Rural
Ialibu Urban
Kewabi Rural
Wiru Rural
Imbonggu District
Imbonggu District
Imbonggu District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Imbonggu. The population was 59,813 at the 2000 census....

Imbonggu Ialibu Basin Rural
Imbongu Rural
Lower Mendi Rural
Kagua-Erave District
Kagua-Erave District
Kagua-Erave District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kagua. The population was 54,640 at the 2000 census....

Kagua Erave Rural
Kagua Rural
Kuare Rural
Komo-Magarima District
Komo-Magarima District
Komo-Magarima District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Magarima. The population was 63,895 at the 2000 census....

Magarima Hulia Rural
Komo Rural
Margarima Rural
Koroba-Kopiago District
Koroba-Kopiago District
Koroba-Kopiago District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kopiago. The population was 69,465 at the 2000 census....

Kopiago Awi-Pori Rural
Lake Kopiago Rural
North Koroba Rural
South Koroba Rural
Mendi-Munihu District
Mendi-Munihu District
Mendi-Munihu District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Mendi. The population was 96,137 at the 2000 census....

Mendi
Mendi
Mendi, Papua New Guinea, is the provincial capital of the Southern Highlands Province....

Karints Rural
Lai Valley Rural
Mendi Urban
Upper Mendi Rural
Nipa-Kutubu District
Nipa-Kutubu District
Nipa-Kutubu District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Nipa. The population was 98,261 at the 2000 census....

Nipa Lake Kutubu Rural
Mount Bosavi Rural
Nembi Plateau Rural
Nipa Rural
Poroma Rural
Tari-Pori District
Tari-Pori District
Tari-Pori District is a district of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Tari. The population was 51,898 at the 2000 census....

Tari
Tari, Papua New Guinea
Tari Is the centre of Huli country in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest settlement in the province, and accessible by road from Mendi.-Aviation Accidents:...

Hayapuga Rural
Tagali Rural
Tari Urban
Tebi Rural

Sandaun (West Sepik) Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Aitape-Lumi District
Aitape-Lumi District
Aitape-Lumi District is a district of the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Aitape....

Aitape
Aitape
Aitape is a small town of about 8,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the highway between these two capitals...

East Aitape Rural
East Wapei Rural
West Aitape Rural
West Wapei Rural
Nuku District
Nuku District
Nuku District is a district of the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Nuku....

Nuku
Nuku
Nuku was a traditional province of the island of Hiva Oa in pre-European times. It did not function as a unified governmental unit, but rather as a confederation of local tribes during times of war with tribes from Hiva Oa's other province, Pepane...

Nuku Rural
Palai Rural
Yangkok Rural
Maimai Wanwan Rural
Telefomin District
Telefomin District
Telefomin District is a district of the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Telefomin....

Telefomin
Telefomin
Telefomin is a station town on the border of Sandaun and Western Provinces in Papua New Guinea. The town started during the Second World War after Mick Leahy was assigned to engineer an air-strip in 1944 for the United States for use against the Imperial Japanese Army forces based in New Guinea.The...

Namea Rural
Oksapmin Rural
Telefomin Rural
Yapsie Rural
Vanimo-Green River District
Vanimo-Green River District
Vanimo-Green River District is a district of the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Vanimo....

Vanimo
Vanimo
Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province in Papua New Guinea. It is located on a peninsula close to the border with Indonesia.Vanimo is a small township with an economy based around the timber industry. Logging company Vanimo Forest Products, which is owned by Malaysian company Rimbunan Hijau, is...

Amanab Rural
Bewani-Wutung-Onei Rural
Green River Rural
Vanimo Urban
Walsa Rural

West New Britain Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Kandrian-Gloucester District
Kandrian-Gloucester District
Kandrian-Gloucester District is a district of the West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kandrian....

Kandrian
Kandrian
Kandrian is the headquarters of Kandrian-Gloucester District, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea....

Gasmata Rural
Gloucester Rural
Kandrian Coastal Rural
Kandrian Inland Rural
Kove-Kaliai Rural
Talasea District
Talasea District
Talasea District is a district of the West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kimbe....

Kimbe
Kimbe
Kimbe is the capital of the province of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea. It is a port town on the great Kimbe Bay which boasts more than 60 percent of the coral species of the entire Indo-Pacific. The bustling town of Kimbe is the third largest port in Papua New Guinea and is the fastest...

Bali-Witu Rural
Bialla Rural
Hoskins Rural
Kimbe Urban
Mosa Rural
Talasea Rural

Western (Fly) Province
Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian province of Papua. The provincial capital is Daru, on the island of Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil...

District District Capital LLG Name
North Fly District
North Fly District, Western Province
The North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is the northernmost, smallest, and arguably the most remote of the three districts of the province...

Kiunga
Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
Kiunga is a port town on the Fly River in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, just upstream from the D'Albertis Junction with the Ok Tedi River. It is the southernmost terminus of the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway. Local industry rests on a cornerstone of freight and haulage, particularly from the...

Kiunga Rural
Kiunga Rural LLG
The Kiunga Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. In the year 2000, the LLG had a population of 13,249 people. The township of Kiunga is within the boundaries of this LLG, but has its own urban LLG....

Kiunga Urban
Kiunga Urban LLG
The Kiunga Urban LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. In the year 2000, the LLG had a population of 8265 people. The township of Kiunga, which is governed by this LLG is the government seat of the district....

Ningerum Rural
Ningerum Rural LLG
The Ningerum Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. In the year 2000, the LLG had a population of 13,156 people. The main population centre is Ningerum....

Olsobip Rural
Olsobip Rural LLG
The Olsobip Rural LLG is a local level government situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. In the year 2000, the LLG was the least populous of the district, with a population of only 3851 people. The capital of the LLG is a station town by the name of Olsobip....

Star Mountains Rural
Star Mountains Rural LLG
The Star Mountains Rural LLG is a local level government situated in the Star Mountains in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. In the year 2000, the LLG had 1691 homes, and a population of 12,114 people. The current population is more likely to now be around 15,000...

Middle Fly District
Middle Fly District, Western Province
The Middle Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is a large, coastal district that forms the central area of the Fly River basin. It contains the Local-Level Government areas of: Balimo Urban, Bamu Rural, Gogodaia Rural, Lake Murray Rural, and Nomad Rural, and the population...

Balimo Balimo Urban
Bamu Rural
Gogodala Rural
Lake Murray Rural
Nomad Rural
South Fly District
South Fly District, Western Province
South Fly District is a district of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Daru. The population of the district was 46,407at the 2000 census....

Daru
Daru
Daru is the capital of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The township is entirely located on an island that goes by the same name, which is located near the mouth of the Fly River on the western side of the Gulf, just north of Torres Strait and Far North Queensland...

Daru Urban
Kiwai Rural
Morehead Rural
Oriomo-Bituri Rural

Western Highlands Province

District District Capital LLG Name
Anglimp-South Waghi District
Anglimp-South Waghi District
Anglimp-South Waghi District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Minj. The population of the district was 96,413 at the 2000 census....

Minj Anglimp Rural
South Waghi Rural
Dei District
Dei District
Dei District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Dei. The population of the district was 50,033 at the 2000 census....

Dei Muglamp Rural
Kotna Rural
Mount Hagen District
Mount Hagen District
Mount Hagen District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Mount Hagen. The population of the district was 86,517 at the 2000 census....

Mount Hagen
Mount Hagen
Mount Hagen is third largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is the capital of the Western Highlands Province and is located in the large fertile Wahgi Valley in central mainland Papua New Guinea, at an elevation of ....

Mount Hagen Rural
Mount Hagen Urban
Mul-Baiyer District
Mul-Baiyer District
Mul-Baiyer District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Baiyer. The population of the district was 56,536 at the 2000 census....

Baiyer Baiyer Rural
Lumusa Rural
Mul Rural
Jimi District
Jimi District
Jimi District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Tabibuga. The population of the district was 37,479 at the 2000 census....

Tabibuga Jimi Rural
Kol Rural
North Waghi District
North Waghi District
North Waghi District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Banz. The population of the district was 51,282 at the 2000 census....

Banz North Waghi Rural
Nondugl Rural
Tambul-Nebilyer District
Tambul-Nebilyer District
Tambul-Nebilyer District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Nebilyer. The population of the district was 60,825 at the 2000 census....

Nebilyer Mount Giluwe Rural
Nebilyer Rural

See also

  • Provinces of Papua New Guinea
    Provinces of Papua New Guinea
    The provinces of Papua New Guinea are the primary administrative divisions of the country. Provincial governments are branches of the national government– Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces...

  • List of regions of Papua New Guinea
  • List of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea
  • List of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea by population
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