Kavieng District Explained

Kavieng District
Pushpin Map:Papua New Guinea New Ireland
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:-2.5718°N 150.8048°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Papua New Guinea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Papua New Guinea
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:New Ireland Province
Parts Type:LLGs
Parts Style:list
P1:Kavieng (U)
P2:Lavongai (R)
P3:Tikana (R)
P4:Murat (R)
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Kavieng
Area Total Km2:2983
Population Total:83162
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Main languages
Leader Title:MP
Leader Name:Ian Ling-Stuckey
Timezone1:AEST
Utc Offset1:+10

Kavieng District is the northernmost district of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district contains the northern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as New Hannover, and the St. Matthias Group.

The district headquarters is Kavieng and the district has four LLG areas, Kavieng Urban LLG, Lavongai Rural LLG, Tikana Rural LLG and Murat Rural LLG.