Wabag

Wabag
Wabag from space
Wabag from space
Wabag is located in Papua New Guinea
Wabag
Wabag
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 05°29′31″S 143°43′18″E / 5.49194°S 143.72167°E / -5.49194; 143.72167
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceEnga Province
DistrictWabag District
LLGWabag Urban LLG
Elevation
2,000 m (6,562 ft)
Highest elevation
2,135 m (7,005 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total4,072
Languages
 • Main languagesEnga, Tok Pisin
 • Traditional languageEnga
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)

Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highlands Highway passes through the town, between Mount Hagen and Porgera. Europeans first visited the site in 1938-39[1] A radio camp and airstrip were established in 1938-39 but restrictions on transportation and the surrounding land's infertility long inhibited Wabag's development.[2]

It is administered under Wabag Urban LLG.

  1. ^ "Wabag." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 4 November 2009. The noted statement in Encyclopædia Britannica is likely to be a typographical error, as the well-known and amply documented Mick and Danny Leahy expedition of 1933 proceeded on from the Wahgi Valley to the site of Wabag and then up the Ambum Valley.
  2. ^ "Wabag." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 4 November 2009.