Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.[2]
The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.[3][4]
The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.
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gulf, province, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gulf Province news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast The provincial capital is Kerema The 34 472 km2 province is dominated by mountains lowland river deltas and grassland flood plains In Gulf Province the Kikori Turama Purari and Vailala rivers meet the Papuan Gulf The province has the second smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106 898 inhabitants 2000 census The province shares land borders with Western Province to the west Southern Highlands Chimbu and Eastern Highlands to the north Morobe Province to the east and Central Province to the southeast Gulf Province Galf Provins Tok Pisin FlagGulf Province in Papua New GuineaGulf ProvinceCoordinates 7 20 S 145 0 E 7 333 S 145 000 E 7 333 145 000CountryPapua New GuineaCapitalKeremaDistrictsList Kerema DistrictKikori DistrictGovernment GovernorChris Haiveta 2017 currentArea Total34 472 km2 13 310 sq mi Population 2011 census Total158 197 Density4 6 km2 12 sq mi Time zoneUTC 10 AEST HDI 2018 0 510 1 low 19th of 22 Contents 1 Districts and LLGs 2 Provincial leaders 2 1 Premiers 1978 1995 2 2 Governors 1995 present 3 Members of the National Parliament 4 ReferencesDistricts and LLGs editEach province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts and each district has one or more Local Level Government LLG areas For census purposes the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units 2 District District Capital LLG NameKerema District Kerema Central Kerema RuralEast Kerema RuralKaintiba RuralKerema UrbanKotidanga RuralLakekamu Tauri RuralKikori District Kikori Baimuru RuralEast Kikori RuralIhu RuralWest Kikori RuralProvincial leaders editThe province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration headed by a Premier from 1978 to 1995 Following reforms taking effect that year the national government reassumed some powers and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor to be held by the winner of the province wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 3 4 Premiers 1978 1995 edit Premier TermOpe Oeake 1978 1979Sepoe Karava 1980 1985Francis Malaisa 1985 1987Tom Koraea 1987 1989Sepoe Karava 1990 1992Paul Apio 1992 1993provincial government suspended 1993 1995Governors 1995 present edit Governor TermTom Koraea 1995 1997Chris Haiveta 1997 1998Riddler Kimave 1998 2002Chris Haiveta 2002 2007Havila Kavo 2007 2017Chris Haiveta 2017 presentMembers of the National Parliament editThe province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate Electorate MemberGulf Provincial Chris HaivetaKerema Open Thomas OpaKikori Open Soroi Marepo EoeReferences edit Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved 2020 04 18 National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea May R J 8 Decentralisation Two Steps Forward One Step Back State and society in Papua New Guinea the first twenty five years Australian National University Retrieved 31 March 2017 Provinces rulers org Retrieved 31 March 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gulf Province amp oldid 1148038328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
