Regions in Papua New Guinea
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You can sort the regions in Papua New Guinea alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Papua New Guinea
There are 22 regions in Papua New Guinea in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
National Capital National Capital District | 1. | 307,643 | Port Moresby Port Moresby | 283,733 |
Morobe Morobe Province | 2. | 674,810 | Lae Lae | 76,255 |
Western Highlands Western Highlands Province | 3. | 362,580 | Mount Hagen Mount Hagen | 33,623 |
Northern Province Northern Province | 4. | 186,309 | Popondetta Popondetta | 28,198 |
Madang Madang Province | 5. | 493,906 | Madang Madang | 27,419 |
East New Britain East New Britain Province | 6. | 328,369 | Kokopo Kokopo | 26,273 |
Southern Highlands Southern Highlands Province | 7. | 510,245 | Mendi Mendi | 26,252 |
West New Britain West New Britain Province | 8. | 264,264 | Kimbe Kimbe | 18,847 |
Eastern Highlands Eastern Highlands Province | 9. | 579,825 | Goroka Goroka | 18,503 |
East Sepik East Sepik Province | 10. | 450,530 | Wewak Wewak | 18,230 |
Western Province Western Province | 11. | 201,351 | Daru Daru | 15,214 |
New Ireland New Ireland Province | 12. | 194,067 | Kavieng Kavieng | 14,490 |
Sandaun West Sepik Province | 13. | 185,741 | Vanimo Vanimo | 11,204 |
Milne Bay Milne Bay Province | 14. | 276,512 | Alotau Alotau | 10,025 |
Chimbu Chimbu Province | 15. | 291,848 | Kundiawa Kundiawa | 9,383 |
Hela Hela | 16. | 352,698 | Tari Tari | 8,186 |
Manus Manus Province | 17. | 60,485 | Lorengau Lorengau | 5,806 |
Gulf Gulf Province | 18. | 158,197 | Kerema Kerema | 5,646 |
Enga Enga Province | 19. | 432,045 | Wabag Wabag | 3,958 |
Bougainville Bougainville | 20. | 132,886 | Buka Buka | - |
Jiwaka Jiwaka | 21. | 185,641 | Kurumul Kurumul | - |
Central Province Central Province | 22. | 183,983 | - | - |