Manus Province

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Manus Province

Manus Province is the smallest province in 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 ....
with a land area of 2,100 km², but with more than 220,000 km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau

Lorengau

Lorengau is the capital of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. The town is located on the edge of Seeadler Harbor on Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, and in 2000 was recorded to have a population of 5,829....
and the total population is 43,387 (2000 census).

The province is made up of the Admiralty Islands

Admiralty Islands

The Admiralty Islands are a group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, named after the largest island....
(a group of 18 island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s in the Bismarck Archipelago

Bismarck Archipelago

The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and part of Papua New Guinea....
) and Wuvulu Island

Wuvulu Island

Wuvulu Island is part of the Western Islands, Papua New Guinea of the Bismarck Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea....
and nearby atoll

Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
s in the west. The largest island in the group is Manus Island

Manus Island

Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. It is the 5th largest island in Papua New Guinea with an area of 2,100 km?, measuring around 100 km x 30 km....
where Lorengau is located.

primary industries are coconut

Coconut

The Coconut Palm is a member of the Family Arecaceae . It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaf 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth....
cultivation and pearl

Pearl

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Economy

The primary industries are coconut

Coconut

Pearl

A pearl is a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living animal shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of mollusks, a pearl is made up of of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers....
fishing. Among scuba divers, the Islands have a reputation as a good diving destination with colorful marine life, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and clear water. The Current Governor of the Province is Michael T Sapau.

History

Named after German explorer Manus Sylvester, whose ship the Rouge et Noir brought the first Europeans to the province in 1868.

The province became a German

Germany

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protectorate in 1880 and an Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n mandate in 1920.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
the occupied by the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese who established a small base in April 1942 near the village of Rossun on Manus Island. They also built the first landing strip entirely by manpower at the eastern Point of Los Negros Island in Momote.

On February 29, 1944 during World War II

World War II

Douglas MacArthur

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Order of the Bath was an United States General officer, United Nations general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army....
. The Americans quickly built a big base at Seeadler Harbor

Seeadler Harbor

Seeadler Harbor, also known as Port Seeadler, is located on Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and played an important role in World War II....
, including harbour, wharves and an airbase, which became an important base for the further war operations in New Guinea as well as on the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. The base is today used by the PNG Defence Force.

Manus Province

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