Tikana Rural LLG

Tikana Rural LLG
Tikana Rural LLG
	Location of Tikana Rural LLG in Kavieng District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea
Country	Papua New Guinea
Province	New Ireland Province
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)

District map of New Ireland Province

Tikana Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the northern section of the island of New Ireland, as well as and some Tigak islands in the strait between New Ireland and New Hanover.

The LLG is located in Kavieng District and the LLG headquarters is Kavieng, although Kavieng has its own urban LLG.

Tikana is a portmanteau word derived from the names of the three language areas that make up the LLG: Tigak, Kara and Nalik. Population is 33,222 (PNG Census 2011).

The Kuot language is spoken in the southern part of the LLG.^[1]^[2]

The LLG president is Ken Bart.

Wards[]

01. Enang
02. Nonovaul
03. Panapai
04. Kaselok
05. Bagatare
06. Lokono
07. Ngavalus
08. Paruai
09. Lemakot
10. Panamana
11. Madina
12. Kafkaf (Kuot language speakers)^[2]^[1]^: 29
13. Namasalang
14. Belifu
15. Pangeifua
16. Lamusmus
17. Leon
18. Lapai
83. Lakurumau Estate

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lindström, Eva. 2002. Topics in the Grammar of Kuot. Ph.D. dissertation, Stockholm University.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

"Census Figures by Wards - Islands Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014.
"Final Figures". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014.
OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

[Lindstrom-Thesis-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lindström, Eva. 2002. Topics in the Grammar of Kuot. Ph.D. dissertation, Stockholm University.

[UN-PNG-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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hide v t LLGs and districts of New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea
Kavieng District	Kavieng Urban Tikana Rural Lovongai Rural Murat Rural
Namatanai District	Namatanai Rural Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Konoagil Rural Matalai Rural Nimamar Rural Tanir Rural