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Wabag

Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highlands Highway passes through the town, between Mount Hagen and Porgera. Europeans first visited the site in 1938-39[1] A radio camp and airstrip were established in 1938-39 but restrictions on transportation and the surrounding land's infertility long inhibited Wabag's development.[2]

Wabag
Wabag from space
Wabag
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 05°29′31″S 143°43′18″E / 5.49194°S 143.72167°E / -5.49194; 143.72167
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceEnga Province
DistrictWabag District
LLGWabag Urban LLG
Elevation
1,830 m (6,000 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total4,072
Languages
 • Main languagesEnga, Tok Pisin
 • Traditional languageEnga
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)

It is administered under Wabag Urban LLG.

History edit

A regional outpost of the Western Highlands District under the Australian Administration of Papua and New Guinea, shortly before Independence in 1975 much of the Enga-speaking region of the Western Highlands was separated into a discrete District and then, at Independence, Province with Wabag as the Provincial Headquarters.

Wabag today edit

There is a dense rural population and coffee and pyrethrum are widely grown in food gardens as cash crops though depredations during tribal fights and difficulties in marketing have inhibited the development of a significant commercial agriculture sector and in any case it is Mount Hagen, not Wabag, that is the commercial metropole. Law and order problems, considerable violent crime and chronic house break-ins have continued to compromise the amenity of town life.[3] A fine public library established by the Australian administration immediately before Independence in 1975 is long since dispersed, book pages being desirable for rolling cigarettes and reading books not having taken hold. The Enga Provincial Government buildings have been burned to the ground more than once. The original airstrip is closed but Air Niugini run regular flights to Port Moresby from Wapenamanda Airport about 40 minutes away by road.

Climate edit

Under the Köppen climate classification Wabag has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb). Temperatures are very consistent year round, with warm days and cool nights. Precipitation is very heavy year round in the form of rain, with June and July being the driest months.

Climate data for Wabag, Papua New Guinea (1953-1967)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.7
(72.9)
22.7
(72.9)
22.7
(72.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.7
(72.9)
22.6
(72.7)
21.9
(71.4)
21.8
(71.2)
22.3
(72.1)
22.5
(72.5)
22.8
(73.0)
22.3
(72.1)
22.5
(72.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.1
(62.8)
17.3
(63.1)
17.3
(63.1)
17.1
(62.8)
17.0
(62.6)
16.5
(61.7)
16.0
(60.8)
16.3
(61.3)
16.5
(61.7)
16.5
(61.7)
16.7
(62.1)
16.9
(62.4)
16.8
(62.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 11.6
(52.9)
11.9
(53.4)
12.0
(53.6)
11.7
(53.1)
11.3
(52.3)
10.4
(50.7)
10.1
(50.2)
10.7
(51.3)
10.6
(51.1)
10.5
(50.9)
10.5
(50.9)
11.6
(52.9)
11.1
(51.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 287.9
(11.33)
296.3
(11.67)
353.2
(13.91)
291.0
(11.46)
184.5
(7.26)
138.9
(5.47)
123.6
(4.87)
192.3
(7.57)
264.9
(10.43)
265.9
(10.47)
262.3
(10.33)
307.3
(12.10)
2,968
(116.85)
Source: KNMI (precipitation 1950-1984)[4][5][6]

See also edit

Further reading edit

E.A. Markham. A Papua New Guinea Sojourn. Manchester: Carcanet Press Ltd, 1998. E.A. Markham was a media co-ordinator in Wabag in 1983-85 working as a VSO volunteer.

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Wabag." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 4 November 2009. The noted statement in Encyclopædia Britannica is likely to be a typographical error, as the well-known and amply documented Mick and Danny Leahy expedition of 1933 proceeded on from the Wahgi Valley to the site of Wabag and then up the Ambum Valley.
  2. ^ "Wabag." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ E.A. Markham. A Papua New Guinea Sojourn. Manchester: Carcanet Press Ltd, 1998.
  4. ^ "Time series: monthly WABAG (SUB DISTRICT OFFICE) GHCN v3 maximum temperature (all)". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Time series: monthly WABAG (SUB DISTRICT OFFICE) GHCN v3 minimum temperature (all)". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Time series: monthly WABAG S D O GHCN v2 precipitation (all)". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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