The Kairuku Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the Kairuku-Hiri District of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, the LLG had 3,485 households, and a population of 19,503 (10,273 men and 9,230 women).[1] As of 2007, 3,078 students are enrolled in 20 schools in the LLG.[2] The area is divided into 17 wards, and spreads along the coast on either side of the Hiritano Highway leading north-west from the national capital, Port Moresby.
Kairuku Rural LLG | |
|---|---|
  Kairuku Rural LLG Location within Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 8°50′38″S 146°40′48″E / 8.844°S 146.680°E | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kairuku-Hiri District |
| Capital | Bereina |
| Government | |
| • Member for Kairuku-Hiri | Peter Isoaimo |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,747 km2 (675 sq mi) |
| Population (2000[1]) | |
• Total | 19,503 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Main languages | Roro, Nara |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
The coastline is relatively flat with thick vegetation, consisting mainly of savannah grassland, mangroves and eucalyptus trees. A significant portion of the land is mountainous, and is wooded with dense rainforest containing a variety of flora and fauna and numerous tree species such as beech, oak, pine and kwila.
Wards
editWards are:[3]
- 01. Kivori
- 02. Waima Abiara
- 03. Waima/Kore
- 04. Delena
- 05. Nabuapaka
- 06. Chiria
- 07. Abiara
- 08. Biotou
- 09. Rapa
- 10. Mou
- 11. Babiko
- 13. Nara
- 14. Hisiu
- 15. Gabadi/Pinu
- 16. Malati
- 17. Veimauri
- 82. Bereina Urban
Towns and villages
edit- Bereina (1756)
- Hisiu (1503)
- Babiko (711)
- Biotou (668)
- Kivori-Kui (667)
- Kivori - Poe
- Mou (832)
- Abiara Oreke
- Agevairu
- Aivara
- Avabadina
- Delena
- Diumana
- Doa Plantation
- Hereparu
- Ipaipana
- Kaiau
- Keveona
- Koupuana
- Lolorua
- Magabaira
- Mariboi
- Mava
- Nabuapaka
- Nikura
- Pinu
- Pinupaka
- Poukama
- Rapa
- Tubu
- Ukaukana
- Vanuamai
- Veimauri
- Waima
- Yule Island
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b PNG Business Directory. "Population by Statistical LLG Areas, Central Province, 2000". Retrieved 25 July 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Kairuku-Hiri District (2008). "Education and Health". Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Census Figures by Wards - Southern Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014.
- OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
External links
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