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This page is a list of districts of Papua New Guinea.

Administrative divisions

On the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into 4 regions, which are Highlands, Islands, Momase, and Southern regions.

Below, Papua New Guinea has 22 province-level divisions: 20 integrated provinces, the autonomous province of North Solomons (Bougainville) and the National Capital District.

Each province has one or more districts, and each district has one or more local-level government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.

Wards typically consist of a few hundred to a few thousand individuals, and are the lowest level of government administration under local-level governments (LLGs).

List of districts by region and province

Highlands Region

Chimbu Province

Chuave District
Gumine District
Karimui-Nomane District
Kerowagi District
Kundiawa-Gembogl District
Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District (Sinasina-Yonggomugl District)

Eastern Highlands Province

Enga Province

Southern Highlands Province

Western Highlands Province

Hela Province

Jiwaka Province

Islands Region

East New Britain Province

Manus Province

Manus District

New Ireland Province

West New Britain Province

Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Bougainville Region)

Momase Region

East Sepik Province

Madang Province

Morobe Province

Sandaun (West Sepik) Province

Southern Region

Central Province

Gulf Province

Milne Bay Province

Oro (Northern) Province

Western (Fly) Province

National Capital District

National Capital District

References

"Pacific Regional Statistics - Secretariat of the Pacific Community". www.spc.int. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

"Census Figures by Wards - Highlands Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
"Census Figures by Wards - Islands Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
"Census Figures by Wards - Momase Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
"Census Figures by Wards - Southern Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
"Final Figures". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea - Postal codes and Coordinates". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.