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Location of Western Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea
Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km2, and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands. Image File history File links Papua_new_guinea_western_highlands_province. ... Image File history File links Papua_new_guinea_western_highlands_province. ... The plane, Canberra, before the 1933 expedition to Mount Hagen Mount Hagen is third largest city in Papua New Guinea. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... 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. ... Mount Wilhelm is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4509m (14,793ft). ...
The term "NewGuinea" was applied to the island in 1545 by a Spaniard, Íñigo Ortiz de Retes, because of a fancied resemblance between the islands' inhabitants and those found on the African Guinea coast.
Papua was administered under the Papua Act until the Japanese invaded the northern parts of the islands in 1941 and began to advance on Port Moresby and civil administration was suspended.
New governments are protected by law from votes of no confidence for the first 18 months of their incumbency, and no votes of no confidence may be moved in the 12 months preceding a national election.
PapuaNewGuinea offers a wide variety of adventure vacations--from bushwalking through the rain forests and canoeing the island's rivers to diving the reefs of NewGuinea and the smaller islands.
In addition to the fascination of PapuaNewGuinea's extraordinarily rich and varied natural environment, the island also holds many reminders of World War Two, when it was the scene of brutal battles between the Japanese and Allied forces.
In the WesternHighlands, a picturesque region of coffee and tea plantations, is the Baiyer River wildlife sanctuary.
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