Hela Province

Hela is a province of . The provincial capital is . The province covers an area of 10,498 km2, and there are 249,449 inhabitants. Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising three districts previously part of .
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  • Type: State with 353,000 residents
  • Description: province of Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: Hela

Hela Province

Latitude
-5.773° or 5° 46′ 23″ south
Longitude
142.7792° or 142° 46′ 45″ east
Population
353,000
Elevation
443 metres (1,453 feet)
Open location code
6R646QGH+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2504817263
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
8521658
Wiki­data ID
Q1382499
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Hela Province” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Hela probintzia
  • Basque: Hela
  • Belarusian: правінцыя Хела
  • Belarusian: Хела
  • Bosnian: Hela
  • Cebuano: Hela (lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Hela
  • Chinese: Hela Séng
  • Chinese: 赫拉省
  • Dutch: Hela Province
  • Dutch: Hela
  • Estonian: Hela provints
  • Finnish: Hela (maakunta)
  • Finnish: Hela
  • French: Hela
  • Georgian: ჰელა
  • German: Hela Province
  • Italian: provincia di Hela
  • Italian: Provincia di Hela
  • Japanese: ヘラ州
  • Korean: 헬라주
  • Latvian: Helas province
  • Lithuanian: Helos provincija
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hela Séng
  • Persian: استان هلا
  • Polish: Hela
  • Portuguese: Hela
  • Russian: Хела
  • Sinhala: හෙළ පළාත, පැපුවා නවගිනියාව
  • Slovenian: Hela Province
  • Slovenian: Hela
  • Slovenian: Provinca Hela
  • Spanish: Hela
  • Spanish: Provincia de Hela
  • Swiss German: Hela Province
  • Tosk Albanian: Hela Province
  • Ukrainian: Гела
  • Urdu: ہیلا صوبہ
  • Uzbek: Hela provinsiyasi
  • Wu Chinese: 赫拉省

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