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Location of Central Province in Papua New Guinea
Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of that country. It has a population of 183,983 (2000 census) people and is 29,500 km square in size. The provincial capital of Central Province in Port Moresby, which is also the national capital and is technically located in the National Capital District rather than Central Province itself. This article is about the year 2000. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (9°30′ S 147°12′ E), population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ... The National Capital District of Papua New Guinea is the incorporated area around Port Moresby, which is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...
Sources/Further Reading
Hanson, L.W., Allen, B.J., Bourke, R.M. and McCarthy, T.J. (2001). Papua New Guinea Rural Development Handbook. Land Management Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. Available as a 30 Megabyte PDF.
PapuaNewGuinea is located in the South Pacific and lies 3 degrees north and 11 degrees south of the Equator.
PapuaNewGuinea consists of a mainland and a collection of islands of varying sizes.
Island provinces are located off the tip of Papua with a cluster of islands forming the Milne Bay Province, and to the north of the NewGuinea mainland, the provinces of Manus, New Ireland, East New Britain, West New Britain and North Solomons (Bougainville).
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