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Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 237,016 (2010 census) people and is 29,998 square kilometres (11,582 sq mi) in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb of Konedobu. On 9 October 2007, the Central Province government announced plans to build a new provincial capital city at Bautama, which lies within Central Province near Port Moresby,[2] although there has been little progress in constructing it.[3]

Central Province
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Central Province in Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 9°30′S 147°40′E
Country	Papua New Guinea
Capital	Port Moresby
Districts	List Abau District Goilala District Kairuku-Hiri District Rigo District Aroma District
Government
• Governor	Robert Agarobe
Area
• Total	29,998 km2 (11,582 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	269,756
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
HDI (2018)	0.556[1] medium · 10th of 22

Whereas Tok Pisin is the main lingua franca in all Papua New Guinean towns, in part of the southern mainland coastal area centred on Central Province, Hiri Motu is a stronger lingua franca (but not in Port Moresby).

Districts and LLGs

Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.[4][5]

District	District Capital	LLG Name
Abau District	Abau	Amazon Bay Rural
		Aroma Rural
		Cloudy Bay Rural
Goilala District	Tapini	Guari Rural
		Tapini Rural
		Woitape Rural
Kairuku-Hiri District	Bereina	Hiri Rural
		Kairuku Rural
		Koiari Rural
		Mekeo Kuni Rural
Rigo District	Kwikila	Rigo Central Rural
		Rigo Coastal Rural
		Rigo Inland Rural

Provincial leaders

The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1976 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.[6][7]

Premiers (1976–1995)

Premier	Term
Gau Henao	1976–1978
Rina Nau	1978–1982
Kone Vanuawaru	1983
Reuben Taureka	1983–1984
Kone Vanuawaru	1984–1987
Emmanuel Ume	1988–1991
Isaiah Oda	1991–1993
Paul Kipo	1993–1995

Governors (1995–present)

Governor	Term
John Orea	1995–1997
Ted Diro	1997–1999
Ajax Bia	1999
Opa Taureka	1999–2002
Alphonse Moroi	2002–2012
Kila Haoda	2012–2017
Robert Agarobe	2017–2022

Members of the National Parliament

The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.

Electorate	Member
Central Provincial	Rufina Peter
Abau Open	Puka Temu
Goilala Open	William Samb
Kairuku-Hiri Open	Peter Isoaimo
Rigo Open	Sir Ano Pala

Notable people

• Julia Mage’au Gray (born 1973) - choreographer and tattoo artist.

Sources/further reading

• Hanson, L.W., Allen, B.J., Bourke, R.M. and McCarthy, T.J. (2001). Papua New Guinea Rural Development Handbook. Land Management Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. Available as a 30 Megabyte PDF.

References

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