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.- Type: State with 757,000 residents
- Description: province of Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “DCN”, “Districte Capital Nacional de Papua Nova Guinea”, “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papua Nueva Guinea”, “Distrito Capital Nacional de Papúa Nueva Guinea”, “National Capital District”, “National Capital Province”, “NCD”, “Région de Port Moresby”, and “Національний столичний округ (Папуа — Нова Гвінея)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sir John Guise Stadium and Jacksons International Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Moresby and Waigani.
National Capital
- Categories: province of Papua New Guinea, electoral unit, and locality
- Location: Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-9.4167° or 9° 25′ south
Longitude
147.1667° or 147° 10′ east
Population
757,000
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
6R29H5M8+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“National Capital” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ብሔራዊ ዋና ከተማ”
- Azerbaijani: “Milli Paytaxt”
- Bengali: “জাতীয় রাজধানী”
- Breton: “Distrig ar Gêr-benn Vroadel”
- Bulgarian: “Национален столичен окръг (Папуа Новя Гвинея)”
- Bulgarian: “Национален столичен окръг”
- Catalan: “Districte Capital Nacional”
- Catalan: “Districte de la Capital Nacional”
- Cebuano: “National Capital District (lalawigan)”
- Cebuano: “National Capital District”
- 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”
- 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: “Nationale Hauptstadt”
- German: “Nationaler Hauptstadtdistrikt”
- Hausa: “Babbar Cauda Gida”
- Italian: “distretto della Capitale Nazionale”
- Italian: “Distretto della Capitale Nazionale”
- Japanese: “国立首都地域”
- Japanese: “首都区”
- Javanese: “Ibukutha Nasional”
- Kazakh: “Ұлттық Астана”
- Kirghiz: “Улуттук Чолтүстүк”
- Korean: “수도권”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė sostinės teritorija (Papua Naujoji Gvinėja)”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė sostinės teritorija”
- Malay: “Ibu Negara Nasional”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-ka Siú-to͘ Te̍k-khu (Papua New Guinea)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-ka Siú-to͘ Te̍k-khu”
- Norwegian: “Port Moresby”
- Oromo: “Magaalaa Mootummaa Heddu”
- Panjabi: “ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ”
- Persian: “پایتخت ملی”
- Persian: “ناحیه پایتخت ملی (پاپوآ گینه نو)”
- Persian: “ناحیه پایتخت ملی”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Stołeczny”
- Portuguese: “Capital Nacional”
- Portuguese: “Distrito da Capital Nacional”
- Pushto: “ملي پلازمينه”
- Romanian: “Districtul Capitalei Naționale (Papua Noua Guinee)”
- Romanian: “Districtul Capitalei Naționale”
- Russian: “Национальный столичный округ (Папуа — Новая Гвинея)”
- Russian: “Национальный столичный округ”
- Russian: “Столичная провинция”
- Sinhala: “ජාතික අගනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව”
- Somali: “Caasimad Qaraneed”
- Spanish: “Capital Nacional”
- Spanish: “Distrito Capital Nacional”
- Swahili: “Mji Mkuu wa Kitaifa”
- Swedish: “National Capital District”
- Tajik: “Пояи Оммалии”
- Tatar: “Халык Башкаласы”
- Tok Pisin: “Nesenel Kapitol Distrik”
- Ukrainian: “Національний столичний округ (Папуа Нова Гвінея)”
- Ukrainian: “Національний столичний округ”
- Urdu: “قومی دارالحکومت ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Milliy Poytaxt”
- “National Capital District”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tokarara and Morata.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Raun Haus and NRI National Research Institute.
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