Place:West Sepik, Papua New Guinea

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NameWest Sepik
Alt namesSandaun
Sandaun Provincesource: Wikipedia
West Sepiksource: Wikipedia
West Sepik Provincesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeProvince
Coordinates4°S 141.5°E
Located inPapua New Guinea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aitape
Green River
Ilop
Krisa
Leitre
Maragini
Miriyama
Paup
Sissano
Suain
Telefomin
Vanimo
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the area surrounding the town Aitape was hit by an enormous tsunami caused by a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which killed over 2,000 people. The five villages along the west coast of Vanimo towards the International Border are namely; Lido, Waromo, Yako, Musu and Wutung.

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