Political Map of Papua New Guinea

 

Papua New Guinea Political Map shows the important locations, cities and islands of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby is the national capital and can be accessed from the airport of Port Moresby Jacksons International.

A section of the eastern half of New Guinea Island is also a part of Papua New Guinea.

Position of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Political Map shows that it is a group of islands that is located between the South Pacific Ocean and the Coral Sea. It also consists of a part of the eastern half of New Guinea Island. Papua is located on the latitude of 6° South and longitude of 147° East. The total area covered by this group of islands is 462,840 sq km. the coastline measures 5,152 km.

Location of Papua New Guinea

Some of the important locations of Papua New Guinea as shown on the Papua Map are:

Sandaun East Sepik Madang West Highlands Southern Highlands Gulf

Morobe Manus New Ireland North Solomon East New Britain Solomon Islands

Capital city of Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby located on the geographical coordinates of 9° 30′ South and 147° 10′ East latitude and longitude, is the capital of Papua New Guinea. It is highlighted on the Papua New Guinea Political Map by a red square box. Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport is located here

 

The Bismarck Sea and the Solomon Sea separating the island of West New Britain is clearly shown on the Political Map of Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea Cities

The cities are symbolized by black dots on the Printable Map of Papua New Guinea. Some of the major cities of Papua New Guinea are:

Angoram Weam Kupiano Abau Morobe

Awar Jayapura Merauke Wau

Papua New Guinea Islands

The islands of Papua New Guinea are given below:

Tabar Islands Lihir Island Feni Islands Buka Island Choiseul Island New Georgia Island

Woodlrk Island Trobriand Islands Normanby Island Misima Island Taula Island D’Entrecasteaux Islands

 

Provinces	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Bougainville	175,160	9,300	3,590	Buka
Central	183,983	29,500	11,390	Port Moresby
Chimbu	259,703	6,100	2,360	Kundiawa
Eastern Highlands	432,972	11,200	4,320	Goroka
East New Britain	220,133	15,500	5,980	Kokopo
East Sepik	343,181	42,800	16,530	Wewak
Enga	295,031	12,800	4,940	Wabag
Gulf	106,898	34,500	13,320	Kerema
Hela				Tari?
Jiwaka				Minj?
Madang	365,106	29,000	11,200	Madang
Manus	43,387	2,100	810	Lorengau
Milne Bay	210,412	14,000	5,410	Alotau
Morobe	539,404	34,500	13,320	Lae
National Capital District	254,158	240	90	Port Moresby
New Ireland	118,350	9,600	3,710	Kavieng
Northern	133,065	22,800	8,800	Popondetta
Sandaun	185,741	36,300	14,020	Vanimo
Southern Highlands	546,265	23,800	9,190	Mendi
Western	153,304	99,300	38,340	Daru
Western Highlands	440,025	8,500	3,280	Mount Hagen
West New Britain	184,508	21,000	8,110	Kimbe
22 divisions	5,190,786	462,840	178,710