Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG is a local government area in

New Ireland Province New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (german: Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea. Physical geography The largest island of the province is New Ireland ...

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 ...

. The LLG administers the central area of the island of New Ireland especially the people of Barok, Mandak, Kuot, Notsi and the

Tabar Group The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north of New Ireland. It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands - Tabar Island (a.k.a. Big Tabar) in the south, Tata ...

. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and the LLG headquarters is

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. The mainland section of the LLG is accessible by road from

Kavieng Kavieng is the capital of the Papua New Guinean province of New Ireland and the largest town on the island of the same name. The town is located at Balgai Bay, on the northern tip of the island. As of 2009, it had a population of 17,248. Kavi ...

and is bordered by Tikana Rural LLG in the north and Namatanai Rural LLG in the south. The population of the LLG is 29,932 as of the 2011 PNG National Census.2011 National Population and Housing Census of Papua New Guinea
/ref> It is mooted to be an electorate of its own to be known as "Sentral Niu Ailan Open" Seat in 2022 depending on the Electoral Boundaries Commission Review after the 2017 General Elections. The Kuot language is spoken in the northern part of the LLG. The current LLG president is Graham Lali who defeated Toligai Tioti Soka during the 2013 LLG Elections.

Wards

*01. Simberi *02. Tatau *03. Datava *04. Mapua *05. Wang *06. Tandis *07. Lossu *08. Konos *09. Kimadan *10. Lelet *11. Dalom *12. Lemeris *13. Bulu *14. Karu *15. Komalu *16. Komalapuo (including Kalagunan village) *17. Daun *18. Messi *19. Ugana *20. Lamau *21. Patlanga *22. Panaras ( Kuot language speakers)Lindström, Eva. 2002. ''Topics in the Grammar of Kuot''. Ph.D. dissertation, Stockholm University.

References

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