Laiagam is situated in the west of
Enga Province
Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Enga is geographically situated in the northern region of Papua New Guinea and was separated from the adjacent Western Highlands at the time of national independence in 1975. The majority ...
,
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 ...
. It is the main town of the newly created
Lagaip District
Lagaip Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Enga Province, 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 N ...
; after it was separated from the then
Lagaip-Porgera District by the Papua New Guinea Parliament through an Act passed in 2021. It is still the largest and most populated
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of Enga's five administrative districts.
Populated places in Enga Province
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