Hanuabada

Hanuabada
Country	Papua New Guinea
Province	NCD
City	Port Moresby
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)

Hanuabada is a coastal village in Papua New Guinea in the outskirts of the nation's capital, Port Moresby. It is the biggest village in the Motuan tribe and is often known by its locals as "HB."

Hanuabada means in Motu "big village" and is northwest of Downtown Port Moresby. It has a population of over 15,000. It is a Motuan village and is part of , which includes both Hanuabada and Elevala.

Hanuabada is known for producing a large number of Papua New Guinea's cricket players, including more than half of the current Papua New Guinea national cricket team.^[1] This was also the birthplace of the village . The village is also the Home of Commonwealth Champions Geua Vada Steven Kari and Dika Toua. Of Papua New Guinea's nine Commonwealth Games medals, eight have comr from Hanua Bada.

In May 2015, there was a police raid in Hanuabada in which the police of Port Moresby confiscated more than 1,000 bags of betelnuts. The total value of these nut sacks was estimated to be over US$180,000.^[2]

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Coordinates: 9°27′S 147°08′E / 9.450°S 147.133°E / -9.450; 147.133

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