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