Highlands Region

For other places with similar names, see Highland (disambiguation).

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Highlands Region" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Region in Papua New Guinea

Highlands Region

Region

Coordinates: 5°52′S 144°13′E﻿ / ﻿5.867°S 144.217°E﻿ / -5.867; 144.217
Country|  Papua New Guinea
Largest city| Mount Hagen
Area

• Total

| 62,400 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[1]

• Total

| 2,854,874
• Density| 46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+10 (AEST)

Highlands Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea.

## Subdivision

[edit]

The Highlands Region is administratively divided into seven provinces:

* Chimbu (Simbu)
* Eastern Highlands
* Enga
* Hela
* Jiwaka
* Southern Highlands
* Western Highlands

## See also

[edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Highlands (Papua New Guinea).

* Provinces of Papua New Guinea

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Papua New Guinea National Statistical Office (November 2013). "2011 National Population & Housing Census: Final Figures Booklet". Retrieved 10 June 2018.

## External links

[edit]

* Papua New Guinea Highlands Dissertations, UC San Diego Library.

* v
* t
* e

Regions of Papua New Guinea

* Highlands
* Islands
* Momase
* Southern

This Papua New Guinea–related geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template