New Ireland Province

New Ireland

*Niu Ailan* (Tok Pisin)
New Ireland Niu Ailan (Tok Pisin)
Province
	Flag
	Location of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea
Colony of German Empire	3 November 1884
Australian occupation	17 September 1914
Mandate of Australia	1920/21
Union with the Territory of Papua	1 July 1949
Province of Papua New Guinea	9 September 1975
Capital and Largest city	Kavieng
Administration	10 local level government areas
Government
• Type	Constitutional monarchy; Parliamentary democracy
• Body	New Ireland Provincial Government
• Governor	Julius Chan
• Deputy Governor	Sammy Missen
Legislature Unicameral house;	Parliament of New Ireland Legislative Assembly (10 seats)
Federal representation	National Parliament of Papua New Guinea Unicameral house 2/111;
Area
• Land	9,557 km2 (3,690 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Mount Taron)	2,340 m (7,680 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	243,035
• Rank	18th
• Rank	6th
Demonym	New Irelander
Time zone	UTC+10 (PGT)
HDI (2019)	0.598; medium · 4th of 22

New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (German: Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea.

^ "About New Ireland – Papua New Guinea". adi.org.au. Australian Doctors International (ADI). 2021.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

[1] "About New Ireland – Papua New Guinea". adi.org.au. Australian Doctors International (ADI). 2021.

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

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