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Hisiu is a coastal Village in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is located off the Hiritano Highway about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of Port Moresby. The village contains a primary school, two churches, a cemetery and several small local stores. The Maeaka Tohana Language Project is based at Hisiu Village. This is a grassroots project to create the first public access knowledge book from the earliest records of the language and culture.
Hisiu
Vihiu, Bihiu | |
|---|---|
  Hisiu Location within Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 9.04834°S 146.77432°E | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kairuku-Hiri District |
| LLG | Kairuku Rural LLG |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,503 |
| Languages | |
| • Main languages | English, Tok Pisin, Waima/Roro/Paitana |
| • Traditional language | Waima |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
| Location | 108 km (67 mi) NW of Port Moresby |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | www.maeakatohana.org |
Climate
Hisiu has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with heavy rainfall from December to March and moderate rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Hisiu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.7 (80.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 245 (9.6) |
240 (9.4) |
252 (9.9) |
133 (5.2) |
93 (3.7) |
82 (3.2) |
37 (1.5) |
33 (1.3) |
53 (2.1) |
52 (2.0) |
77 (3.0) |
176 (6.9) |
1,473 (57.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Climate: Hisiu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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