Tanir Rural LLG

Tanir Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Tanga Islands and the Feni Islands. Tanir is a portmanteau word from the two island names which are Tanga and Anir.

Tanir Rural LLG
Location of Tanir Rural LLG in Namatanai District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceNew Ireland Province
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
District map of New Ireland Province

The current LLG president is Felix Kaltubim from Tanga Islands. Population is 12,466(Tanga Islands is 9,033, Feni/Anir Islands is 3,433) as per 2011 Papua New Guinea Census Report. Two languages spoken here, split from Tangga language with the Niwer Mil language spoken on Tanga Islands and Warwar Feni language spoken on Feni Islands.

Wards
  • 01. Taonsip
  • 02. Fonli
  • 03. Kamunaseo
  • 04. Amfar
  • 05. Sungkin
  • 06. Put
  • 07. Nonu
  • 08. Lif
  • 09. Tefa
  • 10. Natong
  • 11. Basakala
  • 12. Balankolen
  • 13. Kamgot
  • 14. Balangit

References
    • "Census Figures by Wards - Islands Region". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014.
    • "Final Figures". www.nso.gov.pg. 2011 National Population and Housing Census: Ward Population Profile. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, Papua New Guinea. 2014.
    • OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
    • United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
    • Foster, Robert J., Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995
    • Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tangga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
    • Niwer Mil (Tangga Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    • Warwar Feni (Feni Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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