Yawar | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Papua New Guinea |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Papua New Guinea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Papua New Guinea |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Madang Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bogia District |
Subdivision Type3: | LLG |
Subdivision Name3: | Yawar LLG |
Coordinates: | -4.2333°N 200°W |
Yawar is a coastal village in Yawar Rural LLG, Bogia District, Madang Province, northern Papua New Guinea. It is the principal settlement of Yawar Rural LLG.[1] The village lies on the Stephan Strait along the North Coast Highway. Offshore is Laing Island, a small island, and further to the north-east across the strait is the island of Manam. A church was documented in the village in the 1980s.[2]