Gulf Province

Gulf Province

Infobox Papua New Guinea Province
name = Gulf
othername =
districts = Kerema District
Kikori District
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capital = Kerema
area = 34,500 km²
arearank = 5th
pop = 106,898
popdate = 2000
poprank = 19th
popdens = 3.1
governor = Havila Kavo
governordate = 2007
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Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,500 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains, the Kikiori, Turama, Purari and Vaiala rivers all meet the sea known as the Papuan Gulf. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants (2000 census).


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