Place:Gulf, Papua New Guinea

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NameGulf
Alt namesGulfsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates7°S 145.0°E
Located inPapua New Guinea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Baimuru
Beara
Bulldog
Ihu
Kerema
Kiberi
Kikori
Kukipi
Suri
Suru
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the Kikori, Turama, Purari, and Vailala rivers meet the Papuan Gulf. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants (2000 census). The province shares land borders with Western Province to the west, Southern Highlands, Chimbu, and Eastern Highlands to the north, Morobe Province to the east, and Central Province to the southeast.

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