Place:Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

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NameWestern Highlands
Alt namesCentral Highlands Districtsource: Family History Library Catalog
Western Highlands Provincesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeProvince
Coordinates5.75°S 144.5°E
Located inPapua New Guinea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Baiyer River
Banz
Minj
Mount Hagen
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 4,299 km2, and there are 362,850 inhabitants (2011 census), making the Western Highlands the most densely populated province (apart from the National Capital District). Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands.

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