Highlands Region is one of four
regions
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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:
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Chimbu (Simbu)
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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 ...
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Enga
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Hela
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Jiwaka
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Southern Highlands
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Western Highlands
See also
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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
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