Everything about Western Province Papua New Guinea totally explained
Western Province is a
coastal
province in southwestern
Papua New Guinea, bordering the
Indonesian province of
Papua. The provincial
capital is
Daru, on the island of Daru. The largest town in the province is
Tabubil.
Demographics
Western Province covers 99,300 km² and is the largest province in Papua New Guinea by area. There are 153,304 inhabitants (
2000 census). There are several large rivers that run through the province including the
Fly River and its
tributaries including the
Strickland and
Ok Tedi rivers, the largest lake in Papua New Guinea
Lake Murray is also in Western Province. The provincial government has purported to change the name of the province to the Fly River Province but this remains unofficial as names of provinces are set out in the Constitution of Papua New Guinea and changes must be made according to the constitutional amending process.
In the province is the only part of Papua New Guinea which possesses land west of the 141°E line that divides it from Indonesian
Western New Guinea. This is a small section of territory bordered by the
Fly River.
Economy
The major economic activity in the province is constituted by the
Ok Tedi Mine, initially established by BHP and the subject of considerable litigation by traditional landowners both in respect of environmental degradation and disputes over royalties.
Politics
The Western provincial government has, like the governments of
North Solomons,
Chimbu and
Northern Provinces, attempted to change the name of the province. The government uses the term Fly River Provincial Government. However, not having been accomplished by way of constitutional amendment, the change is unofficial.
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