Ningerum | |
Pushpin Map: | Papua New Guinea |
Coordinates: | -5.6667°N 149°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: | Western Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Fly |
Subdivision Type3: | LLG |
Subdivision Name3: | Niingerum Rural |
Population Total: | 5000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 est |
Population Rank: | 26th |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main languages |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tok Pisin, English |
Demographics1 Title2: | Traditional language |
Demographics1 Info2: | Ninggerum |
Elevation M: | 90 |
Timezone1: | AEST |
Utc Offset1: | +10 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Ningerum is a small town on the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway, about equidistant between the two centres of Kiunga and Tabubil. Ningerum is the seat of the Ningerum Rural LLG, which was the second most populous LLG in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea during the 2000 census. The town is served by Ningerum Airport.
The township itself has a population of roughly 5000 people, a few regional stores and an airport. The Ningerum is also the name for the people inhabiting this region who are noted for their therapeutic knowledge.[1]
Ningerum has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round.