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that is the commercial metropole. Law and order problems, considerable violent crime and chronic house break-ins have continued to compromise the amenity of town life. A fine public library established by the
Australian administration immediately before Independence in 1975 is long since dispersed, book pages being desirable for rolling cigarettes and reading books not having taken hold. The Enga Provincial Government buildings have been burned to the ground more than once. The original airstrip is closed but
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There is a dense rural population and coffee and pyrethrum are widely grown in food gardens as cash crops though depredations during tribal fights and difficulties in marketing have inhibited the development of a significant commercial agriculture sector and in any case it is Mount Hagen, not Wabag,
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A regional outpost of the
Western Highlands District under the Australian Administration of Papua and New Guinea, shortly before Independence in 1975 much of the Enga-speaking region of the Western Highlands was separated into a discrete District and then, at Independence, Province with Wabag as the
268:. Europeans first visited the site in 1938-39 A radio camp and airstrip were established in 1938-39 but restrictions on transportation and the surrounding land's infertility long inhibited Wabag's development.
321:). Temperatures are very consistent year round, with warm days and cool nights. Precipitation is very heavy year round in the form of rain, with June and July being the driest months.
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expedition of 1933 proceeded on from the Wahgi Valley to the site of Wabag and then up the Ambum Valley.
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256:. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the
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790:"Time series: monthly WABAG (SUB DISTRICT OFFICE) GHCN v3 minimum temperature (all)"
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Climate data for Wabag, Papua New Guinea (1953-1967)
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819:Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
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769:Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
297:run regular flights to Port Moresby from
23:Place in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1170:Provincial capitals in Papua New Guinea
754:. Manchester: Carcanet Press Ltd, 1998.
661:Source: KNMI (precipitation 1950-1984)
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73:Location within Papua New Guinea
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301:about 40 minutes away by road.
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311:Köppen climate classification
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741:. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
315:subtropical highland climate
174:2,135 m (7,005 ft)
166:2,000 m (6,562 ft)
7:
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517:Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
377:Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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171:Highest elevation
1148:New Guinea portal
101:5.49194°S 143.72167°E
16:For the company, see
724:Mick and Danny Leahy
216:Traditional language
447:Daily mean °C (°F)
299:Wapenamanda Airport
106:-5.49194; 143.72167
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1037:Mount Hagen
701:volunteer.
295:Air Niugini
288:Wabag today
262:Mount Hagen
104: /
92:143°43′18″E
1164:Categories
1049:Popondetta
866:Provincial
824:3 February
799:3 February
774:3 February
309:Under the
179:Population
89:05°29′31″S
656:(116.85)
228:Time zone
208:Tok Pisin
192:Languages
163:Elevation
1001:Lorengau
977:Kundiawa
736:"Wabag."
717:"Wabag."
669:See also
651:(12.10)
646:(10.33)
641:(10.47)
636:(10.43)
611:(11.46)
606:(13.91)
601:(11.67)
596:(11.33)
587:Average
140:District
128:Province
1066:Central
929:Kavieng
910:Western
631:(7.57)
626:(4.87)
621:(5.47)
616:(7.26)
582:(51.9)
577:(52.9)
572:(50.9)
567:(50.9)
562:(51.1)
557:(51.3)
552:(50.2)
547:(50.7)
542:(52.3)
537:(53.1)
532:(53.6)
527:(53.4)
522:(52.9)
512:(62.2)
507:(62.4)
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497:(61.7)
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482:(60.8)
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467:(62.8)
462:(63.1)
457:(63.1)
452:(62.8)
442:(72.4)
437:(72.1)
432:(73.0)
427:(72.5)
422:(72.1)
417:(71.2)
412:(71.4)
407:(72.7)
402:(72.9)
397:(72.5)
392:(72.9)
387:(72.9)
382:(72.9)
305:Climate
279:History
266:Porgera
117:Country
1089:Vanimo
1018:Madang
1013:Madang
994:Morobe
982:Chimbu
965:Kokopo
941:Kerema
917:Goroka
881:Alotau
333:Month
233:UTC+10
1113:Wewak
1101:Wabag
1025:Mendi
1006:Manus
953:Kimbe
705:Notes
654:2,968
649:307.3
644:262.3
639:265.9
634:264.9
629:192.3
624:123.6
619:138.9
614:184.5
609:291.0
604:353.2
599:296.3
594:287.9
372:Year
246:Wabag
187:4,072
67:Wabag
30:Wabag
1106:Enga
1082:Hela
1077:Tari
946:Gulf
905:Daru
893:Buka
826:2023
801:2023
776:2023
580:11.1
575:11.6
570:10.5
565:10.5
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530:12.0
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520:11.6
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490:16.5
485:16.3
480:16.0
475:16.5
470:17.0
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460:17.3
455:17.3
450:17.1
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425:22.5
420:22.3
415:21.8
410:21.9
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369:Dec
366:Nov
363:Oct
360:Sep
357:Aug
354:Jul
351:Jun
348:May
345:Apr
342:Mar
339:Feb
336:Jan
264:and
237:AEST
221:Enga
204:Enga
1070:NCD
1054:Oro
1042:WHP
1030:SHP
989:Lae
970:ENB
958:WNB
922:EHP
699:VSO
319:Cfb
152:LLG
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