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Sign in to saveGoroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 29,333 people (2021), above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the "Highlands Highway", about from Lae in Morobe province and from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Other nearby towns include Kundiawa in Simbu Province and Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province. It has a mild climate, known as a "perpetual Spring".
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Place details
- Locality
- Goroka
- Region
- Eastern Highlands
- Country
- Papua Niugini
- Population
- 18,503
- Timezone
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Goroka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Goroka.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Goroka from Mount Sitani (Mt. Kiss)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Highlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Goroka District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- LLG
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Goroka Urban LLG
- Settlement.population_total
- 29333
- Settlement.population_rank
- 6th
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Main languages
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1546
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Part of
- Highlands Region
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Located in
- Goroka District
- Population
- 21507
- Elevation
- 1546
- Capital of
- Eastern Highlands Province
- Image
- Goroka.JPG
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- Category:Goroka
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- Goroka
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On the map
3 mapped locations