West New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of New Britain. The provincial capital is Kimbe. The area of the province in 21,000 km2, and there are 170,485 inhabitants. West New Britain produces palm oil for export. There are seven major tribes, the Nakanai, Bakovi, Kove, Unea, Maleu, Kaulong and Arowe, speaking a total of about 25 languages. (This article is about the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. ...
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WestNewBritain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of NewBritain.
People from WestNewBritain are widely referred to as "Kombes" throughout Papua New Guinea, in metonymic reference to the significant Kove (or Kombe) people.
There are substantial oil palm plantations on the north coast of the province especially in the Kimbe region, and logging activities in the interior and on the south coast.
NewBritain, formerly Neu Pommern (New Pomerania), is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, separated from New Guinea by Dampier Strait, and has Rabaul/Kokopo and Kimbe as its two main towns.
The population of NewBritain was 404,873 in the 2000 census.
The vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania was erected on 1 Janunary, 1889, and entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun.
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