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Papua New Guinea

West New Britain Province

West New Britain is a province of on the islands of . The provincial capital is . The area of the province is 20,387 km2 with a population of 264,264 as of the 2011 census.
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  • Type: State with 264,000 residents
  • Description: province of Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “West New Britain District” and “WNBP”

West New Britain Province

Latitude
-5.8891° or 5° 53′ 21″ south
Longitude
149.6995° or 149° 41′ 58″ east
Population
264,000
Elevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)
Open location code
6R6F4M6X+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304993885
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2083546
Wiki­data ID
Q667468
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“West New Britain Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة غرب بريطانيا الجديدة”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Նոր Բրիտանիա”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Nueva Bretaña Occidental”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Britainia Berria”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম নিউ ব্রিটেন প্রদেশ”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna Nova Britanija”
  • Breton: “Breizh-Nevez ar C’hornôg”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Нова Британия”
  • Catalan: “West New Britain”
  • Cebuano: “West New Britain Province”
  • Chinese: “Sai Sin Britain Séng”
  • Chinese: “西新不列顛省”
  • Chinese: “西新不列颠省”
  • Czech: “Západní Nová Británie”
  • Danish: “West New Britain Province”
  • Dutch: “West New Britain”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Nov-Britujo”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Uus-Britannia provints”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Uus-Britannia”
  • Finnish: “Läntinen Uusi-Britannia”
  • Finnish: “West New Britain”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Bretagne occidentale”
  • Galician: “Nova Bretaña Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ახალი ბრიტანეთი”
  • German: “West New Britain Province”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Νέα Βρετανία”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ ન્યૂ બ્રિટન પ્રાંત”
  • Hindi: “वेस्ट न्यू ब्रिटेन प्रोविंस”
  • Hungarian: “West New Britain Provincia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Britania Baru Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi West New Britain”
  • Indonesian: “West New Britain”
  • Italian: “Nuova Britannia Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Nuova Britannia Ovest”
  • Italian: “Provincia della Nuova Britannia Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西ニューブリテン州”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ನ್ಯೂ ಬ್ರಿಟನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “서뉴브리튼주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumjaunbritānijas province”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu Jaunbritānijas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Naujosios Britanijos provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Naujosios Britanijos provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Нова Британија”
  • Malay: “West New Britain Province”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम न्यू ब्रिटन प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Sin Britain Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest Nye Britiske provins”
  • Persian: “استان بریتانیای نو غربی”
  • Polish: “Nowa Brytania Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Bretanha Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Западная Новая Британия”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර නව බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පළාත, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර නව බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Nova Britanija”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Bretaña del Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Bretaña Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Nueva Bretaña Occidental”
  • Swedish: “West New Britain”
  • Swiss German: “West New Britain Province”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு நியூ பிரிட்டன் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “வெஸ்ட நியூ பிரிட்டன் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్ న్యూ బ్రిటన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్ న్యూ బ్రిటన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดบริเทียนตะวันตกใหม่”
  • Tok Pisin: “Wes Niu Briten”
  • Tosk Albanian: “West New Britain Province”
  • Turkish: “West New Britaion”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Нова Британія”
  • Urdu: “مغربی نیا برطانیہ صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “West New Britain provinsiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Tây New Britain”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لیندا نواں برطانیہ”

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