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Oro Province
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province of Papua New Guinea
Key facts
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Capital
- Popondetta
- Districts
- List Ijivitari District Sohe District
- Governor
- Garry Juffa 2012-
- Total
- 22,735 km (8,778 sq mi)
- Density
- 8.1948/km (21.224/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+10 ( AEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- PG-NPP
- Hdi 2018
- 0.542 , low · 14th of 22
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal province in the Southern Region of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km, and has 176,206 inhabitants (2011 census). The province shares land borders with Morobe Province to the northwest, Central Province to the west and south, and Milne Bay Province to the southeast. The province is located within the Papuan Peninsula.
Oro is the only province in which the Anglican Church is the major religious denomination. Oil palm is the principal primary industry. William Clarke College also funds people in that area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oro Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.