- East Sepik
Infobox Papua New Guinea Province
name = East Sepik
othername =
districts =Ambunti-Dreikikir District
Angoram District
Maprik District
Wewak District
Wosera-Gawi District
Yangoru-Saussia District
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capital =Wewak
area = 42,800 km²
arearank = 2nd
pop = 343,180
popdate = 2000
poprank = 6th
popdens = 8.0
governor =
governordate =
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East Sepik is a province in
Papua New Guinea . Its capital isWewak . East Sepik has an estimated population of 343,180 people (2000 census) and is roughly 42,800 km square in size.Geography
Wewak, the provincial capital, is located on the coast of East Sepik. There are a scattering of islands off shore, and coastal ranges dominate the landscape just inland of the coast. The remainder of the province's geography is dominated by the
Sepik River , which is one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of water flow and is known for flooding -- the river's level can alter by as much as five metres in the course of the year as it rises and falls. The southern areas of the province are taken up by the Hunstein Range and other mountain ranges which form the centralcordillera and feed the Sepik River.ources/Further Reading
* Hanson, L.W., Allen, B.J., Bourke, R.M. and McCarthy, T.J. (2001). Papua New Guinea Rural Development Handbook. Land Management Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. Available as a [http://rspas.anu.edu.au/papers/lmg/PNG_rdh.pdf 30 Megabyte PDF] .
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