National Capital
The National Capital District of Papua New Guinea is the incorporated area around Port Moresby, which is the capital of Papua New Guinea. Although it is surrounded by Central Province, where Port Moresby is also the capital, it is technically not a part of that province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: State with 308,000 residents
- Description: province of Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “National Capital District”, “National Capital Province”, and “NCD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sir John Guise Stadium and Lamana Hotel.
Sir John Guise Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Rhinen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sir John Guise Stadium is a multi-sport and athletics venue located in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea, and is part of the larger Sir John Guise Sports Precinct which also includes an indoor arena, beach volleyball/hockey court, and aquatics center.
Lamana Hotel
Hotel
Lamana Hotel is a hotel in Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, located near the St John Guise Stadium. The hotel has 60 rooms and is an important conference centre, and has hosted attendments of the 19th Conference of the Pacific Power Association.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Moresby and Waigani.
Port Moresby
Photo: eGuide Travel, CC BY 2.0.
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea. It is the gateway to PNG, and almost all visitors to the country pass through the city. While it has a daunting reputation due to high crime rates and is considered one of the least livable cities anywhere, almost all of the locals are welcoming and there are some interesting sights.
Waigani
Suburb
Waigani is a suburb of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. It includes the Parliament Building of Papua New Guinea, the National and Supreme Court, the University of Papua New Guinea, Morauta House, the PNG National Museum, the National Library, British, Australian, and New Zealand High Commissions and Japanese Embassy.
Gordon North
Suburb
Gordon North is a suburb of Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea. It is a residential suburb adjacent to The Australian High Commission.
National Capital
- Categories: province of Papua New Guinea, electoral unit, and locality
- Location: Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.4167° or 9° 25′ southLongitude
147.1667° or 147° 10′ eastPopulation
308,000Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open location code
6R29H5M8+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 304993823OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2089856Wikidata ID
Q1378310
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“National Capital” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Национален столичен окръг (Папуа Новя Гвинея)”
- Bulgarian: “Национален столичен окръг”
- Catalan: “DCN”
- Catalan: “Districte Capital Nacional de Papua Nova Guinea”
- Catalan: “Districte Capital Nacional”
- Catalan: “Districte de la Capital Nacional”
- Catalan: “NCD”
- Cebuano: “National Capital District (lalawigan)”
- Cebuano: “National Capital District”
- Chinese: “Kok-ka Siú-to͘ Te̍k-khu”
- Chinese: “国家首都区”
- Chinese: “國家首都區”
- Dutch: “National Capital District”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Ĉefurba Distrikto de Papuo-Nov-Gvineo”
- Finnish: “Pääkaupunkialue (Papua-Uusi-Guinea)”
- Finnish: “Pääkaupunkialue”
- French: “Capitale nationale”
- French: “District de la capitale nationale”
- French: “Région de Port Moresby”
- Galician: “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papúa Nova Guinea”
- Galician: “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papúa-Nova Guinea”
- Georgian: “დედაქალაქის ეროვნული ოლქი”
- German: “National Capital District”
- German: “Nationaler Hauptstadtdistrikt”
- Italian: “distretto della Capitale Nazionale”
- Italian: “Distretto della Capitale Nazionale”
- Japanese: “首都区”
- Korean: “수도권”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė sostinės teritorija (Papua Naujoji Gvinėja)”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė sostinės teritorija”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-ka Siú-to͘ Te̍k-khu (Papua New Guinea)”
- Norwegian: “Port Moresby”
- Persian: “ناحیه پایتخت ملی (پاپوآ گینه نو)”
- Persian: “ناحیه پایتخت ملی”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Stołeczny”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Capital Nacional”
- Portuguese: “Distrito da Capital Nacional”
- Portuguese: “National Capital District”
- Russian: “Национальный столичный округ (Папуа — Новая Гвинея)”
- Russian: “Национальный столичный округ”
- Russian: “Столичная провинция”
- Sinhala: “ජාතික අගනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව”
- Spanish: “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papua Nueva Guinea”
- Spanish: “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papúa Nueva Guinea”
- Spanish: “Distrito Capital Nacional”
- Swedish: “National Capital District”
- Tok Pisin: “National Capital District”
- Tok Pisin: “Nesenel Kapitol Distrik”
- Ukrainian: “Національний столичний округ (Папуа — Нова Гвінея)”
- Ukrainian: “Національний столичний округ (Папуа Нова Гвінея)”
- Ukrainian: “Національний столичний округ”
- Urdu: “قومی دارالحکومت ضلع”
- “National Capital District”
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