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Highlands Region is one of four
regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
.


Subdivision

The Highlands Region is administratively divided into seven provinces: * Chimbu (Simbu) *
Eastern Highlands :''"Eastern Highlands" also refers to Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, and part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia.'' The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Manica Highlands, is a mountain range on the border of Zimbabwe ...
* Enga *
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* Jiwaka * Southern Highlands * Western Highlands


See also

*
Provinces of Papua New Guinea For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions of Papua New Guinea, administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 provincial-level divisions, which include #List of provinces, 20 provinces, t ...


References


External links


Papua New Guinea Highlands Dissertations
UC San Diego Library. Regions of Papua New Guinea Highlands {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub