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Summary

Map of Provinces of Papua New Guinea, including new provinces (Hela & Jiwaka) officially inaugurated in May 2012.

1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Central Province (Papua New Guinea)">Central</a>
2. Chimbu (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Simbu_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Simbu Province">Simbu</a>)
3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Eastern_Highlands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Eastern Highlands (Papua New Guinea)">Eastern Highlands</a>
4. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:East_New_Britain" class="extiw" title="w:en:East New Britain">East New Britain</a>
5. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:East_Sepik" class="extiw" title="w:en:East Sepik">East Sepik</a>
6. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Enga_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Enga Province">Enga</a>
7. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gulf_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gulf Province">Gulf</a>
8. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Madang_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Madang Province">Madang</a>
9. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Manus_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Manus Province">Manus</a>
10. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Milne_Bay_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay</a>
11. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Morobe_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Morobe Province">Morobe</a>
12. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:New_Ireland_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:New Ireland Province">New Ireland</a>
13. Northern (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Oro_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Oro Province">Oro Province</a>)
14. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Bougainville_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Bougainville Province">Bougainville (North Solomons)</a>
15. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Southern_Highlands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Southern Highlands (Papua New Guinea)">Southern Highlands</a>
16. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Western_Province,_Papua_New_Guinea" class="extiw" title="w:en:Western Province, Papua New Guinea">Western Province</a> (Fly)
17. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Western_Highlands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Western Highlands (Papua New Guinea)">Western Highlands</a>
18. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:West_New_Britain" class="extiw" title="w:en:West New Britain">West New Britain</a>
19. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:West_Sepik" class="extiw" title="w:en:West Sepik">West Sepik</a> (Sandaun)
20. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:National_Capital_District_(Papua_New_Guinea)" class="extiw" title="w:en:National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)">National Capital District</a>
21. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hela_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hela Province">Hela</a>
22. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jiwaka_Province" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jiwaka Province">Jiwaka</a>

The composition of the new provinces is confirmed by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webcitation.org/6BMB2oUbg">official results</a> of the 2012 General Election. The boundaries of the component districts of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nri.org.pg/research_divisions/cross_divisional_projects/10%20Western%20Higlands%20Province.pdf">Jiwaka / West Highland</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nri.org.pg/research_divisions/cross_divisional_projects/9%20Southern%20Highlands%20Province.pdf">Hela / Southern Highlands</a> are taken from publications of the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea.

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