Location of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea

Madang has many of Papua New Guinea's highest peaks, it's most active volcanos, and it's biggest mix of languages (175). The province is the country's third leading producer of cocoa and copra and second producer of cattle. Ramu sugar and Jant/Gogol woodchip mill are amongst PNG's biggest employers. Most areas are still far from transport and undeveloped. Image File history File links Papua_new_guinea_madang_province. ... Image File history File links Papua_new_guinea_madang_province. ... A smoke plume from Mount Ubinas, Peru, the most historically active volcano in that nation. ... Province is a name for a subnational entity. ... Cocoa beans in a cacao pod Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. ... Copra drying in the sun Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular and contemporary usage, kine or kyne in pre-modern English, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ...

History

Man's contact with the New Guinea mainland has extended through the past 50,000 years, and although as yet unproven one would presume this figure to be true for this region also. Scientists have found evidence of human settlement 12,000 to 15,000 years ago near Simbai. In the past 6,000 years sailors originating from around Korea have traversed this area, leaving their mark in the Austronesian languages which are unevenly distributed along the coastline amongst the Papuan language villages. A sailor is a member of the crew of a ship or boat. ... Korea (Korean: (조선 or 한국, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ...

The Yabob and Bilbil people used big sailing canoes to trade their pots from Karkar Island to western Morobe. They were part of the Vitiaz Strait trade network. Bundi was the centre of trade between Astrolabe Bay and the Highlands. Trade involved shells, salt, clay pots and wooden bowls from the lowlands and stone axes, feathers and women from the Asaro, Simbu and Jimi valleys. Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. ... Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. ... Dampier Strait and Vitiaz Strait are a pair of straits between New Guinea and New Britain, linking the Bismarck Sea to the north with the Solomon Sea to the south. ... Bundi is a city of approximately 74,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. ... Astrolabe Bay seen from space Astrolabe Bay is a large body of water off the northern coast of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, located at . ... Various seashells The hard, rigid outer covering of certain animals is called a shell. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... Look up Bowl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Disambiguation: For the region of Scotland please see Scottish Lowlands Lowlands, also known as A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. ... The axe or ax is an ancient and ubiquitous tool that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. ... Two feathers A white feather Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. ...

The Madang coast received its first real western exploration at the hands of the Russian explorer Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai in 1871. He introduced pineapples, mangoes, beans, pumpkins and other new foods. In 1884 the German New Guinea Kompagnie started development of the region, building tobacco, cotton and coffee plantations at Bogia and around Astrolabe Bay. In 1886, Johannes Flierl started a Lutheran Mission at Simbang. The Catholic Divine Word Order established missions at Bogia in 1901 and Alexishafen in 1904. Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai (Николай Николаевич Миклухо-Маклай in Russian) (1846 – 1888) was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Green beans Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. ... Pumpkins A pumpkin is a gourd (Cucurbitaceae), most commonly orange in colour when ripe, that grows from a trailing vine. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The German New Guinea Company (German: Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie) was a German Chartered Company which exploited insular territory in and near present Papua New Guinea. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Cotton ready for harvest. ... A cup of coffee Coffee is a popular beverage prepared from the roasted seeds (not beans, though they are almost always called coffee beans) of the coffee plant. ... A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Location of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea Madang has many of Papua New Guineas highest peaks, its most active volcanos, and its biggest mix of languages (175). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1914, Australian troops captured Rabaul and took control of German New Guinea. A military administration continued for 7 years. This was ratified by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Once again, very little development took place and the next momentous occasion was the occupation of the region by the Japanese in the Second World War (1 May 1942 for Madang town). Madang was destroyed in heavy fighting with much loss of life on both sides. The township was recaptured by Allied soldiers on 24th April 1944. Post-war developments have been few and mainly restricted to the coast and Madang town. Madang town is the base of Divine Word University which was established in 1996. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A troop is a military unit, originally a small force of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron and headed by the troop leader. ... Space Radar Image of Rabaul Volcano Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea until 1994. ... German New Guinea (Ger. ... The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Madang Lighthouse Madang is the capital of Madang Province and is a town on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. ... The group of countries known as the Allies of World War II consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Divine Word University is a national, Christian University. ...

Geography

Beach in Madang Province

Madang Province is a large and deep region some 300 kilometres long and 160 kilometres wide with four large and many small offshore islands. The province totals 29,000 square kilometres and has a population of 365,106 (2000 census). To the south lies the towering Bismarck Ranges with heights ranging over 4,000 metres, with Mount Wilhelm (4509), PNG's tallest mountain being found in those ranges. The warm Bismarck Sea laps the northern coast, and the region is drained northward by the larger Ramu, Sogeram, Gogol and Malas Rivers. The mountains are timber rich with large stands of trees and rain forest, whilst the coastal plain is open and studded with palm trees. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1519x638, 114 KB) Summary Bildbeschreibung: Dies ist ein Strand an der Südseeküste der Provinz Madang (Papua New Guinea) (English: ) Quelle: Privat Fotograf/Zeichner: Privat Datum: zwischen August 1987 und Februar 1992 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1519x638, 114 KB) Summary Bildbeschreibung: Dies ist ein Strand an der Südseeküste der Provinz Madang (Papua New Guinea) (English: ) Quelle: Privat Fotograf/Zeichner: Privat Datum: zwischen August 1987 und Februar 1992 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby... km redirects here. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Bismarck Range is a mountain range in the central highlands of northeastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... Mount Wilhelm is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4509m (14,793ft). ... The Bismarck Sea lies to the north of the island of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. ... Part of the Ramu from the air Location of the Ramu River The Ramu River is a river in northern Papua New Guinea. ... Confluence of Ramu and Sogeram Rivers seen from space Sogeram River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. ... Gogol River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. ... Malas River seen from space (false color) Malas River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. ... In geography, a coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae or Palmaceae), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the monocot order Arecales. ...

Offshore islands are, in some cases, volcanic (Karkar, Bagabag, Manam). 2004/2005 the population of Manam Island was evacuated due to a eruption of the volcanoe. Bagabag and Karkar have had no major volcanic activities in recent years. Part of the Pacific Ocean's "ring of fire" this active volcanic region has created crater lakes, smoking volcanic cones and black sand beaches. Karkar is an archaeological site in northwestern Syria. ... Bagabag is Bagabag is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines: Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya an island in the Madang-Province of Papua New Guinea: Bagabag (Papua New Guinea) ... Large Ash Plume From Manam Volcano, November 2004 Manam is an inhabited island located in the Bismarck Sea across the Stephan Strait from the east coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. ... Ring of Fire can refer to: The Pacific Ring of Fire, a region ringing the Pacific Ocean that is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity Ring of Fire (song), a song by June Carter and Merle Kilgore which was performed by Johnny Cash and later covered by other bands such... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Puu Oo, a cinder-and-spatter cone on Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations. ... Black sand is a heavy, weakly magnetic, glossy, semi-metallic mixture of usually fine sands, found as part of a placer deposit. ... Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. ...

The Madang province receives ample rainfall (3.2 metres in Madang itself) with the months of November to June being the wettest. In meteorology, precipitation is any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. ...

People and Culture

Due to changes caused by outside contact over the years, cultural loss has been great but isolation of many groups has caused that rate of change to be diversely uneven. Because of the environmental diversity, this province also has a very diverse culture as well. Tall lithe coastal people from Karkar Island, short nuggety highlands men from Simbai and river people from the Ramu. Devils Punchbowl Waterfall, New Zealand. ... Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. ...

Many Madang area costumes include bamboo frames decorated with the very common cockatoo and parrot feathers as birds of paradise are relatively uncommon. The Ramu people are prolific carvers and the lower Ramu has cultural links with the villages of the artistically diverse Sepik River region. It is interesting to note that the resurgence of cultural festivals (i.e. Maborasa Festival) has seen many people donning the fantastic traditional dress, feathers and paints of their ancestors. The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Subfamily Microglossinae Calyptorhynchinae Cacatuinae Nymphicinae A cockatoo is any of the 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. ... Families Parrots or Psittacines (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped into two families: the Cacatuidae or cockatoos, and the Psittacidae or true parrots. ... For the flowering plant of this name, see Strelitzia Genera Cicinnurus Diphyllodes Epimachus Lophorina Manucodia Paradisaea Parotia Ptiloris Seleucidis Lesser Bird of Paradise Paradisaea minor (c)Roderick Eime The birds of paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes, found in Oceania. ... Location of the Sepik River The Sepik River is the longest river in Papua New Guinea (although the Fly River also claims to be the longest). ... An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. ...

Foods eaten include those grown in fertile coastal gardens, shellfish and fish, fruit, green vegetables, bananas, taro, sweet potato and yams which relish dry soils. Sago is a staple of the Ramu river people especially in its lower reaches. The mountain people have very good gardens with excellent produce. A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... Cooked mussels Shellfish is a term used to describe shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ... The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Fresh Swiss chard Fresh water spinach Creamed spinach Steamed kale Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ... Species Hybrid origin; see text Banana is thecommon name used for herbaceous plants in the genus Musa, which because of their size and structure, are often mistaken for trees. ... Binomial name Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Taro corms for sale Taro (from Tahitian), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ... Yam is the common name for members of the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). ... SOiL is a five-piece aggressive rock/Nu Metal band from Chicago, formed in 1997 by ex-members of renowned death metal acts Broken Hope and Oppressor. ... Sago is a starchy, fecula, granular substance used in cooking. ...

Languages

Austronesian sailors settled on this coast some 5 to 6,000 years ago and the languages of these intrepid but largely unknown sailors are found along the coast of the province. Takia, Lukep, Gedaged, Manam and Bilbil languages are examples of this. Inland, the Katiati, Hinihon, Saki and Waskia languages are examples of Papuan or non-Austronesian languages found in the region. The Ramu river languages include Gamei, Giri, Tangu, Romkun and Igana and the Rai Coast languages include Garia and Usino. Linguistically, Madang province is typified by a large number of very small language groups, many with less than 1,000 people. Large Ash Plume From Manam Volcano, November 2004 Manam is an inhabited island located in the Bismarck Sea across the Stephan Strait from the east coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. ... Saki (December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916) was the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Dhor baal is a suburb of Kolkata, India located in the southern parts of the city. ...

External links

• Madang Province Tourism website

Provinces of Papua New Guinea
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