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Central Province

*Sentral Provins* (Tok Pisin)
Central Province Sentral Provins (Tok Pisin)
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	Central Province in Papua New Guinea
	Coordinates: 9°30′S 147°40′E / 9.500°S 147.667°E
Country	Papua New Guinea
Capital	Port Moresby
Districts	List Abau District; Goilala District; Kairuku-Hiri District; Rigo District; Hiri-Koiari District;
Government
• Governor	Rufina Peter
Area
• Total	29,998 km2 (11,582 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	269,756
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
HDI (2018)	0.556; medium · 10th of 22

Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 237,016 (2010 census) people and is 29,998 square kilometres (11,582 sq mi) in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb of Konedobu. On 9 October 2007, the Central Province government announced plans to build a new provincial capital city at Bautama, which lies within Central Province near Port Moresby,^[2] although there has been little progress in constructing it.^[3]

Whereas Tok Pisin is the main lingua franca in all Papua New Guinean towns, in part of the southern mainland coastal area centred on Central Province, Hiri Motu is a stronger lingua franca (but not in Port Moresby).

Districts and LLGs

Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.^[4]^[5]

District	District Capital	LLG Name
Abau District	Abau	Amazon Bay Rural
		Aroma Rural
		Cloudy Bay Rural
Goilala District	Tapini	Guari Rural
		Tapini Rural
		Woitape Rural
Kairuku District	Bereina	Kairuku Rural
Kairuku District	Bereina	Mekeo Kuni Rural
Rigo District	Kwikila	Rigo Central Rural
		Rigo Coastal Rural
		Rigo Inland Rural
Hiri-Koiari	Bautama	Hiri Rural
Hiri-Koiari	Bautama	Koiari Rural

Provincial leaders

The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1976 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.^[6]^[7]

Premiers (1976–1995)

Premier	Term
Gau Henao	1976–1978
Rina Nau	1978–1982
Kone Vanuawaru	1983
Reuben Taureka	1983–1984
Kone Vanuawaru	1984–1987
Emmanuel Ume	1988–1991
Isaiah Oda	1991–1993
Paul Kipo	1993–1995

Governors (1995–present)

Governor	Term
John Orea	1995–1997
Ted Diro	1997–1999
Ajax Bia	1999
Opa Taureka	1999–2002
Alphonse Moroi	2002–2012
Kila Haoda	2012–2017
Robert Agarobe	2017–2022
Rufina Peter	2022–present

Members of the National Parliament

The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.

Electorate	Member
Central Provincial	Rufina Peter
Abau Open	Sir Puka Temu
Goilala Open	Casmiro Aia
Kairuku Open	Peter Isoaimo
Rigo Open	Sir Ano Pala
Hiri-koiari Open	Keith Iduhu

Notable people

Julia Mage’au Gray (born 1973) - choreographer and tattoo artist.

Sources/further reading

Hanson, L.W., Allen, B.J., Bourke, R.M. and McCarthy, T.J. (2001). Papua New Guinea Rural Development Handbook. Land Management Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. Available as a 30 Megabyte PDF Archived 2005-07-20 at the Wayback Machine.

References

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
^ "K300m Central capital to emerge at Bautama". The National. 9 October 2007.
^ Pascoe, Noel (20 August 2010). "Donor agencies to fund hospital". PNG Post-Courier. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea
^ "Final Figures". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
^ May, R. J. "8. Decentralisation: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back". State and society in Papua New Guinea: the first twenty-five years. Australian National University. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ "Provinces". rulers.org. Retrieved 31 March 2017.