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Key facts
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Capital
- Kundiawa
- Districts
- List Chauve District Gumine District Karimui-Nomane District Kerowagi District Kundiawa-Gembogl District Sina Sina-Yonggomugl District
- Governor
- Noah Kool
- Total
- 6,112 km (2,360 sq mi)
- Density
- 61.60/km (159.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+10 ( AEST )
- Hdi 2018
- 0.557 , medium · 9th of 22
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Papua New Guinea
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Located in
- Highlands Region
- Contains
- Chuave District
- Capital
- Kundiawa
- Population
- 376473
- Area
- 6134
- Shares border with
- Southern Highlands Province
- Image
- Chuave, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Chimbu Province
- inception
- 1966-00-00
- Commons category
- Chimbu Province
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Highlands Region
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Encyclopedic overview
Chimbu, also spelled Simbu, is a province in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea. The province has an area of 6,112 km and a population of 376,473 (2011 census). The capital of the province is Kundiawa. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea is on the border of Eastern part of Simbu and the Western part of Madang Province.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chimbu Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.