Place:Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea

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NameEastern Highlands
Alt namesCentral Highlands Districtsource: Family History Library Catalog
Eastern Highlands provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates6.5°S 145.25°E
Located inPapua New Guinea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Arona
Goroka
Henganofi
Kainantu
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km², and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary with Madang Province to the north, Morobe Province to the east, Gulf Province to the south, and Simbu Province to the west. The province is the home of the Asaro mud mask that is displayed at shows and festivals within the province and in the country. It is reachable by air and road transport.

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