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Southern Highlands Province

Southern Highlands is a province in . Its provincial capital is the town of . According to Papua New Guinea's national 2021 census, the total population of Southern Highlands province is 927,306.
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  • Type: State with 510,000 residents
  • Description: province of Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Saden Halends (Angal Dialect)”, “SHP”, and “Southern Highlands District”

Southern Highlands Province

Latitude
-6.4472° or 6° 26′ 50″ south
Longitude
143.6007° or 143° 36′ 2″ east
Population
510,000
Elevation
790 metres (2,592 feet)
Open location code
6R55HJ32+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304993829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2086331
Wiki­data ID
Q849801
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Southern Highlands Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة هايلاند الجنوبية”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Lur Garaiak”
  • Bengali: “সাউদার্ন হাইল্যান্ড প্রদেশ”
  • Bosnian: “Južna planinska pokrajina”
  • Bulgarian: “Южни височини”
  • Cebuano: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Soaⁿ-lūn Séng”
  • Chinese: “南高地省”
  • Danish: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Dutch: “Southern Highlands”
  • Esperanto: “Sudaj Altaj Teroj”
  • Estonian: “Southern Highlands”
  • Estonian: “Southern Highlandsi provints”
  • Finnish: “Southern Highlands”
  • Finnish: “Southern Highlandsin lääni”
  • French: “Hautes-Terres méridionales”
  • French: “Southern Highlands”
  • Galician: “Southern Highlands”
  • Georgian: “საუთერნ-ჰაილენდსი”
  • Georgian: “საუტერნ ჰაილენდსი”
  • German: “PG-SHM”
  • German: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • German: “Southern Highlands”
  • German: “Südliche Hochlandprovinz”
  • Greek: “Νότια Υψίπεδα”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણી હાઈલેન્ડ્સ પ્રાંત”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी हाइलैंड्स प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Dataran Tinggi Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Pegunungan Selatan”
  • Interlingua: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Italian: “provincia degli Altopiani del Sud”
  • Italian: “Provincia degli Altopiani del Sud”
  • Japanese: “南部山岳州 (パプアニューギニア)”
  • Japanese: “南部山岳州”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಹೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “남부하일랜즈주”
  • Korean: “서던하일랜즈 주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu kalnienes province”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietinis Kalnų regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Aukštumų provincija”
  • Malay: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Marathi: “साऊथर्न हाईलँड्स प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Soaⁿ-lūn Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør høylands provins”
  • Persian: “ارتفاعات جنوبی”
  • Persian: “استان ارتفاعات جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Southern Highlands”
  • Portuguese: “Southern Highlands”
  • Portuguese: “Terras Altas do Sul”
  • Russian: “Сатерн-Хайлендс”
  • Russian: “Саутерн-Хайлендс”
  • Russian: “Южное Высокогорье”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු හයිලන්ඩ්ස් පළාත, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු හයිලන්ඩ්ස් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Južna višavja”
  • Slovenian: “PG-SHM”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Južna višavja”
  • Slovenian: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Slovenian: “Southern Highlands”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de las Tierras Altas del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Tierras Altas del Sur”
  • Swedish: “Southern Highlands”
  • Swiss German: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஹிக்ஹ்லான்ட்ஸ் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ హైలాండ్స్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ హైలాండ్స్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “เซาเทิร์นไฮแลนดส์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Sauten Hailans”
  • Tok Pisin: “Southern Highlands”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Southern Highlands Province”
  • Turkish: “Southern Highlands”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний Гайлендс”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی سطح مرتفع صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Highlands provinsiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Phía Nam Highlands”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ تھلویں اتلے تھاں”

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