The National Capital District of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
is the incorporated area around
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New ...
, which is the capital of Papua New Guinea. Although it is surrounded by
Central Province, where Port Moresby is also the capital, it is technically not a part of that province. It covers an area of 240 km
2 and has a population of 364,125 (2011 census).
It is represented by three open MPs and an NCD-wide representative in the
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea who acts as Governor of the National Capital District; however, these MPs do not have the same powers as elsewhere in the country due to the role of the
National Capital District Commission.
Governors
The National Capital District did not have a decentralised administration with a Premier, as with the other provinces, prior to 1995; however, since the 1995 reforms of provincial governments it has been headed by a Governor, albeit one with more limited powers.
Local-level governments
Local-level governments of National Capital District are:
References
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Provinces of Papua New Guinea
Capital districts and territories
pl:Narodowy Dystrykt Stołeczny