Tanir_Rural_LLG

Tanir Rural LLG

Tanir Rural LLG

Local-level government in Papua New Guinea

Tanir Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea since 2008. The LLG administers the Tanga Islands and the Feni Islands. Tanir is a portmanteau word from the two island names which are Tanga and Anir.

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The current LLG president is Felix Kaltubim from Tanga Islands. Population is 15,271 as per 2021 Papua New Guinea Census estimates Report.[1] Two languages spoken here, split from Tangga language with the Niwer Mil language spoken on Tanga Islands and Warwar Feni language spoken on Feni Islands.

Wards

  • 01. Taonsip
  • 02. Fonli
  • 03. Kamunaseo
  • 04. Amfar
  • 05. Sungkin
  • 06. Put
  • 07. Nonu
  • 08. Lif
  • 09. Tefa
  • 10. Natong/Pikan
  • 11. Basakla/Fargot/Fatakasang
  • 12. Warantaban/Balangkolem
  • 13. Kamgot/Bulam
  • 14. Balgit/Banakin/Naliu

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.nso.gov.pg/statistics/population/#118-118-population-estimates-2021-p2
  • "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.
  • Foster, Robert J., Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995
  • Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tangga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • Niwer Mil (Tangga Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  • Warwar Feni (Feni Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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