Star Mountains Rural LLG is a local-level government situated in the Star Mountains in

North Fly District The North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea is the northernmost, smallest, and arguably the most remote of the three districts of the province. It contains the Local-Level Government (LLG) areas of Kiunga Rural, Kiunga Urb ...

of Western Province 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 ...

. In the year 2000, the LLG had 1691 homes, and a population of 12,114 people. (6776 men and 5338 women) The current population is more likely to now be around 15,000 people. The main population centre in the LLG is

Tabubil Tabubil is a town located in the Star Mountains area of the North Fly District of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The town, including the adjoining relocated village of Wangabin and the industrial area of Laydown (where industrial equipment was ...

. Finalbin and the

Ok Tedi Mine The Ok Tedi Mine is an Open pit mine, open-pit copper mine, copper and gold mine Mining in Papua New Guinea, in Papua New Guinea located near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi River, in the Star Mountains Rural LLG of the North Fly District of the ...

are also in this LLG. Neighboring

Pegunungan Bintang Regency Pegunungan Bintang Regency or Bintang Mountains Regency ("Bintang" means "star") is a regency in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It was created on 11 December 2002 from the north-eastern districts of Jayawijaya Regency. It covers an a ...

(meaning 'Star Mountains' in Indonesian) in Indonesia is also similarly named.

Wards

*01. Atemkit *02. Kavorabip *03. Bultem *04. Finalbin *05. Wangbin *06. Migalsimbip *07. Niosikwi *08. Ok Tedi Tau *09. Kumkit *10. Ankits *11. Kawemtigin *12. Korokit *82. Tabubil Town

References

* * {{WesternProvincePNG-geo-stub Local-level governments of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)