Simbang | |
Pushpin Map: | Papua New Guinea |
Coordinates: | -6.5833°N 196°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: | Morobe Province |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main languages |
Timezone1: | AEST |
Utc Offset1: | +10 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Simbang is a village and a ward on the Huon Peninsula, in Yabim Mape Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]
In 1886, the first Lutheran mission station was built near Simbang by Johann Flierl. So Simbang was the starting point of Christianization in Papua New Guinea.[2]