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Madang
Sign in to saveMadang (old German name: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen) is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. The city is also one of the major towns in Papua New Guinea.
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Place details
- Locality
- Biliau
- Region
- Madang
- Country
- Papua Niugini
- Population
- 27,419
- Timezone
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Madang
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Madang Lighthouse.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse, Kalibobo, Madang
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Papua New Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madang Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Madang District
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1884
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 29339
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative centre
- Official name
- Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 3
- Capital of
- Madang Province
- Image
- Madang Lighthouse.jpg
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- Commons category
- Madang
- inception
- 1884-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- NGO presence in Madang
- Transport
- Climate
- Education
- Products
- Images
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
- Notes
Madang (old German name: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen) is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. The city is also one of the major towns in Papua New Guinea.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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