West Aitape Rural LLG explained

West Aitape Rural LLG
Pushpin Map:	Papua New Guinea
Pushpin Relief:	yes
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:	Sandaun Province
Subdivision Type2:	District
Population As Of:	2011 census
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics1 Title1:	Main languages
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Timezone1:	AEST
Utc Offset1:	+10

Aitape West Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Aitape in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

Sissano Lagoon is located in the LLG. This region made international news on July 17, 1998 when an earthquake with magnitude 7.0 triggered a tsunami that devastated the coastal villages of the area.

The region surrounding the Sissano Lagoon in northcentral New Guinea represents the most linguistically diverse area of the world.^[3] The languages spoken in the LLG include the Piore River languages such as Bauni, Torricelli languages such as Olo Pai and Onnele, and Oceanic languages such as Sissano.^[4]

In 2019 ward 12 member Sipora Yomun was elected as the President of the West Aitape Rural LLG, and Sandaun (West Sepik) Province also made history that year by electing Hon. Sipora Yomun as its Deputy Governor. She is Papua New Guinea's first ever female Deputy Governor under the Provincial Government and Local Level Government system introduced in 1997.^[5]

Wards

• 01. Nimas (Sissano)
• 02. Manyer (Sissano)
• 03. Maindroin (Sissano)
• 04. Pupa (Bauni speakers^[6]
• 05. Moriri (Barupu speakers)
• 06. Arop 1 (Arop speakers^[7])
• 07. Arop 2 (Arop speakers)
• 08. Mainyen (Malol speakers)
• 09. Tanyapin (Malol speakers)
• 10. Aipokon (Malol speakers)
• 11. Nengian (Olo Pai speakers)
• 12. Koiniri (Onnele speakers)
• 13. Walwale (Onnele speakers)
• 14. Rome (Onnele speakers)
• 15. Barera (Onnele speakers)
• 16. Kaiye (Onnele speakers)
• 17. Mafoka (Onnele speakers)
• 18. Mori (Momu speakers)
• 19. Mumuru
• 20. Sumo (Bouni speakers^[6])
• 21. Ramo (Uni speakers^[6])
• 22. Pou (Bauni speakers)
• 23. Sarai (Sera speakers)
• 24. Rainuk (Sera speakers)
• 25. Amsuku (Onnele speakers)

References

• Web site: Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer . OCHA FISS . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
• Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census Figures by Wards – Momase Region . 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile . 2014 . www.nso.gov.pg . National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea . Port Moresby.
2. Web site: Final Figures . 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile . 2014 . www.nso.gov.pg . National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea . Port Moresby.
3. Donohue, Mark, and Melissa Crowther. 2005. Meeting in the middle: interaction in North-Central New Guinea. In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Jack Golson and Robin Hide, eds., Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples: 167-184. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
4. Miller, Steve A. 2017. Skou Languages Near Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 1-24.
5. Web site: 9 September 2019 . Sandaun Gov't Elects First Female Deputy Governor . 24 March 2023 . thepngbulletin.com.
6. Miller, Steve A. 2017. Skou Languages Near Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 1-24.
7. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.