West New Britain Province

West New Britain West New Britain
geography
Country:	Papua New Guinea
Waters:	Pacific Ocean
Islands:	approx. 20
Geographical location:	5 ° 50 ′  S , 150 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 50 ′  S , 150 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Surface:	21,200 km²
Residents:	264.264
Population density:	12 inhabitants / km²
Capital:	Kimbe
Situation map

West New Britain Province is one of the 21 provinces of Papua New Guinea . It includes the western half of the island of New Britain as well as the Vitu Islands and some smaller offshore islands.

The province of West New Britain (WNB) covers 21,200 km² and in 2011 had around 264,264 inhabitants. The capital is Kimbe with 25,000 inhabitants in 2011 - about five times as many as in 1980.

Other places are Hoskins - provincial capital from 1966 to 1969 - and the pretty old town of Talasea on the Willaumez Peninsula in northern Kimbe Bay. The volcanic north coast is considered extremely fertile.

West New Britain did not become an independent province until 1966. The government tried to catch up with the somewhat smaller eastern part of the island with an agricultural commune system.

In western New Britain, in addition to the Tolai (see also East New Britain Province ), the Kilenge settle on the coast around Hoskins and the Lakalai between the coast and the mountains.

Districts and LLGs

West New Britain Province 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
Kandrian-Gloucester District	Kandrian	Gasmata Rural
		Gloucester Rural
		Kandrian Coastal Rural
		Kandrian Inland Rural
		Kove-Kaliai Rural
Talasea District	Kimbe	Bali-Witu Rural
		Bialla Rural
		Hoskins Rural
		Kimbe Urban
		Mosa Rural
		Talasea Rural

See also

• East New Britain Province , New Britain (main island New Britain, formerly New Pomerania)
• List of provinces of Papua New Guinea
• List of German names for Papua New Guinea places

Web links

Commons : New Britain  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : South Sea Department in Ethnological Museum, Berlin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Permanent exhibition Oceania of the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich  - 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. ↑ See the Ethnologue entry for the Kilenge language : Maleu-Kilenge: A language of Papua New Guinea. (English) In: M. Paul Lewis u. a. (Ed.): Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World. 17th Edition, SIL International, Dallas Texas 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Citation: “Population: 5,200 (1983 census). 1,560 kilograms. Location: West New Britain Province, Talasea district west tip. "
   
3. ↑ See on the Lakalai people: Ann Chowning: Lakalai. (English) In: Countries and Their Cultures. 1997 (?). Retrieved on August 1, 2013.
   Quotation: "Lakalai - Orientation: [...] Location: The Lakalai are distinguished from speakers of related dialects and languages, all labeled Nakanai, by the absence of the phonemes in their language. [...] they often identify themselves to outsiders simply as West Nakanai. [...] Lakalai villages are on the central and eastern part of the Hoskins Peninsula on the island of New Britain. [...] The population increased from under 2,700 in 1954 to almost 6,500 in 1980. The expansion reflects recovery from depopulation occasioned by Japanese occupation during World War II, coupled with the abolition of warfare and access to Western medicine. [...] Lakalai is an Oceanic (Austronesian) language, the westernmost of a chain of dialects also spoken in Ubae, in the West Nakanai Census Division, and in coastal villages of Central Nakanai Census Division, to the east. [...] Lakalai - Kinship - Kin Groups and Descent: Every Lakalai is born into a named, nonlocalized, agamous matrilineal descent group [...] ".
   Info: Chowning, English professor of anthropology, is a recognized expert on the Lakalai people and provides a detailed ethno-sociological overview (probably created in 1997).
4. ↑ 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!