New Ireland Province

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New Ireland
Flag of New Ireland
geography
Country: Papua New Guinea
Waters: Pacific Ocean
Islands: 149
Geographical location: 3 ° 23 ′  S , 151 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 23 ′  S , 151 ° 59 ′  E
Basic data
Surface: 9600 km²
Residents: 194.067
Population density: 20 inhabitants / km²
Capital: Kavieng
Situation map
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New Ireland Province is one of the 21 provinces of Papua New Guinea and is located in the Bismarck Archipelago . It comprises 149 islands, the largest of which is New Ireland (formerly Neumecklenburg), which gave the province its name.

The New Ireland Province (NIP) covers 9600 km² and counted around 194,000 inhabitants in 2011 (about 20 inhabitants per km²). Its capital is Kavieng on the northern cape of the main island of New Ireland with 12,000 inhabitants. In addition to New Ireland with 8650 km² there are two somewhat larger islands: Lavongai (formerly Neuhannover) with 1191 km² and the main town Umbukul, and the sparsely populated Mussau Island in the north of the province, which belongs to the St. Matthias Islands . The New Ireland Province also includes the small archipelagos of the Tabar Islands and the Lihir Islands on the northeast Pacific side, and the Tingyon Group and Dyaul Island on the southwest side in the Bismarck Sea . On the volcanic island of Niolam (Lihir) there is a gold mine that has one of the largest gold deposits in the world.

Districts and LLGs

Map of the Province of New Ireland

The Province of New Ireland is divided into two 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
Kavieng District Kavieng Kavieng Urban
Lavongai Rural
Murat Rural
Tikana Rural
Namatanai District Namatanai Konoagil Rural
Namatanai Rural
Nimamar Rural
Sentral Niu Ailan Rural
Tanir Rural

See also

Web links

Commons : New Ireland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Malanggan Wood Carvings of New Ireland  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Uli Figures of New Ireland  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : South Sea Department in Ethnological Museum, Berlin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2000 Census: Population by Province, PNG, 2000 Census. In: A Tourism Guide to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Business Directory. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Official website : National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby. Retrieved on August 1, 2013. Info: Without any information value, as no freely accessible data is offered!