Krisa also known as Krisi is a village in Bewani-Wutung Onei Rural LLG,

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea (also known as home of the sunset). It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population ...

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, 20 kilometers south of the provincial capital of

Vanimo Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province (West Sepik) in north-westernmost Papua New Guinea and of Vanimo-Green River District. It is located on a peninsula close to the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, border with Indonesia, nearest to Jaya ...

. In the local language, the village, its people and the local language itself are all known as I'saka. The traditional language of Krisa is I'saka, but

Tok Pisin Tok Pisin ( ,Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh ; ), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is an English-based creole languages, English creole language spoken throughou ...

is the primary language used. Some also know English.

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Populated places in Sandaun Province {{SandaunProvince-geo-stub

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