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 |
Central Province Central Province | 1. | 183,983 | - | - |
Milne Bay Milne Bay Province | 2. | 276,512 | Alotau Alotau | 10,025 |
Bougainville Bougainville | 3. | 132,886 | Buka Buka | - |
Western Province Western Province | 4. | 201,351 | Daru Daru | 15,214 |
Eastern Highlands Eastern Highlands Province | 5. | 579,825 | Goroka Goroka | 18,503 |
New Ireland New Ireland Province | 6. | 194,067 | Kavieng Kavieng | 14,490 |
Gulf Gulf Province | 7. | 158,197 | Kerema Kerema | 5,646 |
West New Britain West New Britain Province | 8. | 264,264 | Kimbe Kimbe | 18,847 |
East New Britain East New Britain Province | 9. | 328,369 | Kokopo Kokopo | 26,273 |
Chimbu Chimbu Province | 10. | 291,848 | Kundiawa Kundiawa | 9,383 |
Jiwaka Jiwaka | 11. | 185,641 | Kurumul Kurumul | - |
Morobe Morobe Province | 12. | 674,810 | Lae Lae | 76,255 |
Manus Manus Province | 13. | 60,485 | Lorengau Lorengau | 5,806 |
Madang Madang Province | 14. | 493,906 | Madang Madang | 27,419 |
Southern Highlands Southern Highlands Province | 15. | 510,245 | Mendi Mendi | 26,252 |
Western Highlands Western Highlands Province | 16. | 362,580 | Mount Hagen Mount Hagen | 33,623 |
Northern Province Northern Province | 17. | 186,309 | Popondetta Popondetta | 28,198 |
National Capital National Capital District | 18. | 307,643 | Port Moresby Port Moresby | 283,733 |
Hela Hela | 19. | 352,698 | Tari Tari | 8,186 |
Sandaun West Sepik Province | 20. | 185,741 | Vanimo Vanimo | 11,204 |
Enga Enga Province | 21. | 432,045 | Wabag Wabag | 3,958 |
East Sepik East Sepik Province | 22. | 450,530 | Wewak Wewak | 18,230 |