Laiagam
Laiagam is situated in the west of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the main town of the newly created Lagaip District; after it was separated from the then Lagaip-Porgera District by the Papua New Guinea Parliament through an Act passed in 2021.Laiagam
- Type: Town with 10,700 residents
- Also known as: “Lai-aram” and “Laialam No 1”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-5.49349° or 5° 29′ 37″ south
Longitude
143.48887° or 143° 29′ 20″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
1,894 metres (6,214 feet)
IATA airport code
LGM
United Nations Location Code
PG LGM
Open location code
6R65GF4Q+JG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Laiagam” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лаиагам”
- Cebuano: “Laiagam”
- Dutch: “Laiagam”
- German: “Laiagam”
- Polish: “Laiagam”
- Russian: “Лаиагам”
- Ukrainian: “Лаїагам”
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