Western Highlands Province

Western Highlands
geography
Country:	Papua New Guinea
Waters:
Islands:	( located in New Guinea )
Geographical location:	5 ° 50 ′  S , 144 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 50 ′  S , 144 ° 15 ′  E
Basic data
Surface:	8288 km²
Residents:	362,850
Population density:	44 inhabitants / km²
Capital:	Mount Hagen
Situation map

Western Highlands is one of the 21 provinces of Papua New Guinea . With 8,288 km² and just over 362,850 inhabitants in 2011, the province is one of the smallest and most densely populated in the country. The capital is Mount Hagen with 46,256 inhabitants (census in 2013).

Western Highlands has a diverse landscape. Between the peppered with four-thousand-peaks mountain ranges Kuborgebirge and Bismarck Range in the south and north there are forests, mountain savannas, grasslands and horticulture. The Highland Highway has good transport links for tourism, and the cultivation of tea and coffee is important.

Western Highlands belonged to the German colony of German New Guinea . The capital Mount Hagen was named after the German administrative officer Curt von Hagen . In 1951 the highland area was divided into different provinces, and in 1968 the Enga province was split off from Western Highlands. The Western Highlands area has traditionally been a meeting place for highland trade.

The neighboring provinces are Jiwaka in the east, Madang in the north, Enga in the west and Southern Highlands in the south.

population

The highland dwellers are mostly small in stature and have medium brown skin. As is usually the case in Papua New Guinea, there are many very small tribes and language groups such as Jiwaka , Jate , Manga and Kuma , but also some large ones such as the Metlpa . Ma-Enga and Roni grow tea. Many tribes have an intense ancestor cult .

Districts and LLGs

The Western Highlands Province is divided into seven 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
Anglimp-South Waghi District	Minj	Anglimp Rural
		South Waghi Rural
The district	Dei	Muglamp Rural
		Kotna Rural
Mount Hagen District	Mount Hagen	Mount Hagen Rural
		Mount Hagen Urban
Mul-Baiyer District	Baiyer	Baiyer Rural
		Lumusa Rural
		Mul Rural
Jimi District	Tabibuga	Jimi Rural
		Kol Rural
North Waghi District	Banz	North Waghi Rural
		Nondugl Rural
Tambul-Nebilyer District	Nebilyer	Mount Giluwe Rural
		Nebilyer Rural

literature

• Heiner Wesemann: Papua New Guinea. Niugini. Stone Age Cultures on the Way to the 20th Century. DuMont, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1322-5 ( DuMont culture travel guide in the series DuMont documents ).

Web links

• http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/png/about_destin/highlands.html

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea