Enga Province
Enga | |
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geography | |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Waters: | |
Islands: | (located in New Guinea ) |
Geographical location: | 5 ° 25 ′ S , 143 ° 30 ′ E |
Basic data | |
Surface: | 12,800 km² |
Residents: | 432.045 |
Population density: | 34 inhabitants / km² |
Capital: | Wabag |
Situation map | |
Enga is the name of one of the 21 provinces of Papua New Guinea . The westernmost of the highland provinces is around 12,800 km² and has 432,045 inhabitants. The capital is Wabag with 5,041 inhabitants in 2011. The neighboring provinces of Enga are Western Highlands in the east, East Sepik in the north, Hela in the west and Southern Highlands in the south.
Enga was split off from the Western Highlands Province in 1973 and has been an independent province ever since. It is one of the economically least developed areas in the country. In contrast to the other highland provinces, tourism is hardly present in Enga either. The province is still considered dangerous to this day. The situation has improved a lot since 2006, economic upswing is noticeable, there are only a few violent attacks and tribal conflicts.
High mountains and deep valleys, damaged by slash and burn, with raging rivers make the area rather inhospitable. The capital Wabag, located at an altitude of 2,000 meters, is connected to Mount Hagen in the neighboring province of Western Highlands by a new, largely well-developed road . Wapenamanda Airport has a daily connection with Port Moresby.
population
The population is relatively homogeneous for Papua New Guinea. About 90% of the inhabitants belong to the Enga that gives it its name . Between 1990 and 2006 there were over 340 tribal battles with 3800 dead. Compensation payments worth 3 million kina were made and around 60,000 pigs were exchanged. As a result of increased education, the expansion of roads and other state infrastructure, the situation has improved massively since 2006.
Districts and LLGs
The province of Enga is divided into four districts. Each district consists of one or more "areas at the local administrative level", Local Level Government (LLG) Areas , which are divided into Rural (rural) or Urban (urban) LLGs.
District | Administrative center | Designation of the LLG areas |
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Kandep District | Kandep | Kandep Rural |
Tsak Rural | ||
Dare Rural | ||
Wapenamanda Rural | ||
Kompiam District | Kompiam | Ambum Rural |
Kompiam Rural | ||
Wapi (Uangis) Rural | ||
Lagaip-Porgera district | Lagaip - Porgera | Lagaip Rural |
Maip-Mulitaka Rural | ||
Paiela-Hewa Rural | ||
Porgera Rural | ||
Wabag district | Wabag | Maramuni Rural |
Wabag Rural | ||
Wabag Urban |
literature
- Heiner Wesemann: Papua New Guinea. Niugini. Stone Age Cultures on the Way to the 20th Century , Cologne 1985 .
- Joachim Sterly: "Horticulture on mulched hill beds in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea." In: "Anthropos", Vol. 92, H. 1-3 (1997), pp. 191-198.