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Western Highlands Province

Western Highlands is a province of . The provincial capital is . The province covers an area of 4,299 km2, and there are 362,850 inhabitants, making the Western Highlands the most densely populated province.
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  • Type: State with 363,000 residents
  • Description: province of Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Western Highlands District” and “WHP”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Hagen.

Photo: JialiangGao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in and the provincial headquarters of the Western Highlands province of . It had an estimated population of 46,250 in 2013, making the third-largest city in PNG.

Western Highlands Province

Latitude
-5.8416° or 5° 50′ 30″ south
Longitude
144.2355° or 144° 14′ 8″ east
Population
363,000
Elevation
1,739 metres (5,705 feet)
Open location code
6R66565P+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304993790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2083551
Wiki­data ID
Q849807
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Western Highlands Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة الهضاب الغربية”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Lur Garaiak”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্টার্ন হাইল্যান্ড প্রদেশ”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna planinska pokrajina”
  • Bulgarian: “Западни височини”
  • Catalan: “Western Highlands”
  • Cebuano: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Chinese: “Sai Soaⁿ-lūn Séng”
  • Chinese: “西高地省”
  • Danish: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Dutch: “Western Highlands”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidentaj Altaj Teroj”
  • Estonian: “Western Highlands”
  • Estonian: “Western Highlandsi provints”
  • Finnish: “Western Highlands”
  • French: “Hautes-Terres occidentales”
  • French: “Western Highlands”
  • Galician: “Western Highlands”
  • Georgian: “უესტერნ ჰაილენდსი”
  • Georgian: “უესტერნ-ჰაილენდსი”
  • German: “PG-WHM”
  • German: “Western Highlands Province”
  • German: “Western Highlands”
  • German: “Westliche Hochlandprovinz”
  • Greek: “Δυτικά Υψίπεδα”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમી હાઈલેન્ડ્સ પ્રાંત”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी हाइलैंड्स प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Western Highlands Provincia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Dataran Tinggi Barat”
  • Italian: “provincia degli Altopiani Occidentali”
  • Italian: “Provincia degli Altopiani Occidentali”
  • Japanese: “西部山岳州 (パプアニューギニア)”
  • Japanese: “西部山岳州”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಹೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “서부하일랜즈주”
  • Korean: “웨스턴하일랜즈 주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu kalnienes province”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Kalniečių provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Aukštumų provincija”
  • Malay: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम हाईलँड्स प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Soaⁿ-lūn Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest Høyland provins”
  • Persian: “ارتفاعات غربی”
  • Persian: “استان ارتفاعات غربی”
  • Polish: “Western Highlands”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto Ocidental”
  • Portuguese: “Terras Altas Ocidentais”
  • Portuguese: “Western Highlands”
  • Russian: “Западное Высокогорье”
  • Russian: “Уэстерн-Хайлендс”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර හයිලෑන්ඩ්ස් පළාත, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර හයිලෑන්ඩ්ස්”
  • Slovenian: “PG-WHM”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Zahodna višavja”
  • Slovenian: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Slovenian: “Western Highlands”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna višavja”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de las Tierras Altas Occidentales”
  • Spanish: “Tierras Altas Occidentales”
  • Swedish: “Western Highlands”
  • Swiss German: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு ஹயிலன்ட்ஸ் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ హైలాండ్స్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ హైలాండ్స్ విభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเวสเทิร์น ไฮแลนด์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Westen Hailans”
  • Tok Pisin: “Western Highlands”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Turkish: “Western Highlands Province”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестерн-Хайлендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Гайлендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Хайлендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Уестерн-Хайлендс”
  • Urdu: “مغربی سطح مرتفع صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Highlands provinsiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Western Highlands”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لیندے اتلے تھاں”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mt Hagen Technical College and Koglamp SDA Church.

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