East New Britain Province
Is Niu Briten Provins (Tok Pisin) | |
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 East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 5°10′S 151°45′E / 5.167°S 151.750°E | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Formation | 1976 |
| Capital | Kokopo |
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Michael Marum |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,724 km2 (6,071 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 328,369 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.600[1] medium · 3rd of 22 |
| Website | www |
East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 1994. East New Britain covers a total land area of 15,816 square kilometres (6,107 sq mi), and the province's population was reported as 220,133 in the 2000 census, rising to 328,369 in the 2011 count.[2] Provincial coastal waters extend over an area of 104,000 square metres (26 acres). The province's only land border is with West New Britain Province to the west, and it also shares a maritime border with New Ireland Province to the east.
East New Britain has a dual economy: a cash economy operates side by side with the subsistence-farming sector. The main crops produced for export are cocoa and copra. Tourism continues to be an increasingly important sector of the provincial economy.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea: Provinces, Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 April 2018.