Lavongai (New Hanover)

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Lavongai (New Hanover) is an island and cultural region of Papua New Guinea located northwest of New Ireland, known for its distinct local languages and traditional Melanesian communities.

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Label Occurrences
Lavongai (New Hanover) canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeProvince New Ireland Province ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
governedAs part of New Ireland provincial administration ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct banana ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
hasArtForm song traditions ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice bridewealth exchange ⓘ
extended kinship networks ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion New Ireland region ⓘ
linked to: New Ireland
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
hasEducationInfrastructure primary schools ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature coastal mangroves ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
lowland tropical forest ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Papua New Guineans ⓘ
linked to: Melanesians
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Lavongai people ⓘ
Tungag people ⓘ
hasHealthInfrastructure rural aid posts ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Melanesian communities ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Lavongai language ⓘ
Tungag language ⓘ
hasMarineResource reef fish ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Melanesian beliefs ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural villages ⓘ
hasTraditionalCulture Melanesian culture ⓘ
hasTraditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
hasTraditionalPractice fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasTransportation outboard motor boats ⓘ
small coastal vessels ⓘ
locatedIn Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
New Ireland Province ⓘ
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthwestOf New Ireland ⓘ
partOf Melanesia ⓘ
surroundedBy Bismarck Sea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Ireland → hasCulturalRegion → Lavongai (New Hanover) ⓘ