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Kairuku Rural LLG
Kairuku Rural LLGLocation within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 8°50′38″S 146°40′48″E / 8.844°S 146.680°E / -8.844; 146.680
Country	Papua New Guinea
Province	Central Province
District	Kairuku-Hiri District
Capital	Bereina
Government
• Member for Kairuku-Hiri	Peter Isoaimo
Area
• Total	1,747 km (675 sq mi)
Population
• Total	19,503
• Density	11/km (29/sq mi)
Languages
• Main languages	Roro, Nara
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)

The Kairuku Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the Kairuku-Hiri District of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. In 2000, the LLG had 3,485 households, and a population of 19,503 (10,273 men and 9,230 women). As of 2007, 3,078 students are enrolled in 20 schools in the LLG. The area is divided into 17 wards, and spreads along the coast on either side of the Hiritano Highway leading north-west from the national capital, Port Moresby.

The coastline is relatively flat with thick vegetation, consisting mainly of savannah grassland, mangroves and eucalyptus trees. A significant portion of the land is mountainous, and is wooded with dense rainforest containing a variety of flora and fauna and numerous tree species such as beech, oak, pine and kwila.

Wards

Wards are:

• 01. Kivori
• 02. Waima Abiara
• 03. Waima/Kore
• 04. Delena
• 05. Nabuapaka
• 06. Chiria
• 07. Abiara
• 08. Biotou
• 09. Rapa
• 10. Mou
• 11. Babiko
• 13. Nara
• 14. Hisiu
• 15. Gabadi/Pinu
• 16. Malati
• 17. Veimauri
• 82. Bereina Urban

Towns and villages

• Bereina (1756)
• Hisiu (1503)
• Babiko (711)
• Biotou (668)
• Kivori-Kui (667)
• Kivori - Poe
• Mou (832)
• Abiara Oreke
• Agevairu
• Aivara
• Avabadina
• Delena
• Diumana
• Doa Plantation
• Hereparu
• Ipaipana
• Kaiau
• Keveona
• Koupuana
• Lolorua
• Magabaira
• Mariboi
• Mava
• Nabuapaka
• Nikura
• Pinu
• Pinupaka
• Poukama
• Rapa
• Tubu
• Ukaukana
• Vanuamai
• Veimauri
• Waima
• Yule Island

See also

• Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea

References

1. ^ PNG Business Directory. "Population by Statistical LLG Areas, Central Province, 2000". Retrieved 25 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
2. Kairuku-Hiri District (2008). "Education and Health". Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
3. "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.

• OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
• United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

External links

• Official site

v t e Places adjacent to Kairuku Rural LLG
East Kerema Mekeo Kuni Woitape Gulf of Papua Kairuku Rural LLG Koiari Gulf of Papua Gulf of Papua Hiri

v t e LLGs and Districts of Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Abau District	Amazon Bay Rural Aroma Rural Cloudy Bay Rural
Goilala District	Guari Rural Tapini Rural Woitape Rural
Kairuku-Hiri District	Hiri Rural Kairuku Rural Koiari Rural Mekeo Kuni Rural
Rigo District	Rigo Central Rural Rigo Coastal Rural Rigo Inland Rural

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