Sandaun Province

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Sandaun Province is a remote northwestern province of Papua New Guinea, bordering Indonesia and the Bismarck Sea and known for its diverse indigenous cultures and riverine landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Sandaun Province canonical 13

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
province ⓘ
bordersCountry Indonesia ⓘ
bordersSea Bismarck Sea ⓘ
borderTypeWithIndonesia land border ⓘ
containsEthnolinguisticGroup Telefomin-related highlands groups ⓘ
various Sepik River peoples ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
governedBy Sandaun Provincial Government ⓘ
hasAlternativeName West Sepik Province ⓘ
hasBorderType international land border with Indonesia ⓘ
hasCapital Vanimo ⓘ
hasCharacteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature rich oral traditions ⓘ
traditional village-based societies ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity forest resource use ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasLandscapeType coastal plains ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ
riverine landscapes ⓘ
hasMajorRiver May River ⓘ
Sandaun River ⓘ
Sepik River ⓘ
hasMajorTown Aitape ⓘ
Telefomin ⓘ
Vanimo ⓘ
hasManyLocalLanguages Austronesian languages ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Hiri Motu ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasTransportMode coastal shipping ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
small airstrips for air transport ⓘ
knownFor cross-border interactions with Indonesia ⓘ
diverse indigenous cultures ⓘ
riverine landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
namedAfter word "Sandaun" meaning "sun down" or "sunset" in Tok Pisin ⓘ
partOf Islands and Momase regions grouping of Papua New Guinea (administrative/statistical context) ⓘ
mainland Papua New Guinea ⓘ
subdivisionType districts ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Sepik River → countryRegion → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Hermit Islands → administrativeTerritory → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Arapesh → locatedIn → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Enga Province → borderedBy → Sandaun Province ⓘ
East Sepik Province → borderedBy → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Momase Region → includesProvince → Sandaun Province ⓘ
West Sepik Province → alternativeName → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Maron Island → partOf → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Sepik region → hasPart → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Torricelli languages → primaryProvinces → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Southern Arapesh language → region → Sandaun Province ⓘ
Arapesh languages → spokenIn → Sandaun Province ⓘ