Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

New Ireland Province New Ireland Province, formerly New 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 (island), New Irelan ...

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 ...

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

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, Tat ...

languages. The LLG is located in

Namatanai District Namatanai District is the southernmost and larger of the two districts of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district covers the southern part of New Ireland (island), the island of New Ireland, as well as the Tabar Group, the Lihir Gr ...

and the LLG headquarters is Konos. 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 Tikana Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the northern section of the island of New Ireland, as well as Djaul Island and some Tigak islands in the strait between New Ireland and ...

in the north and

Namatanai Rural LLG Namatanai Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and the LLG headquarters is Namatanai. The LLG is accessible by road from Kavieng and is bordered by Sentral Niu ...

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 The Kuot language, or Panaras, is a language isolate, the only non- Austronesian language spoken on the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Lindström (2002: 30) estimates that there are 1,500 fluent speakers of Kuot. Perhaps due to the ...

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 (

speakers)Lindström, Eva. 2002. ''Topics in the Grammar of Kuot''. Ph.D. dissertation, Stockholm University.

References

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