Highlands
The Highlands is a region in Papua New Guinea.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Mount Hagen
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Mount Hagen is a city in and the provincial headquarters of the Western Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
Mendi
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Mendi is the capital of the Southern Highlands province in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea.
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Kainantu
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Kainantu is a town of 6,723 in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, perched at an altitude of around 2,300 m.
Tari Basin
Tari Basin is a region in the Southern Highlands. The only city located here is Tari where there is an airstrip, trade stores, and a few lodgings.Highlands
- Type: region of Papua New Guinea
- Description: region in Papua New Guinea
- Location: Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude of centre
-6.09° or 6° 5' 24" southLongitude of centre
144.41° or 144° 24' 36" eastWikidata ID
Q1400637Highlands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Хайландс
- Bulgarian: Хайлъндс
- Chinese: Soaⁿ-lūn Tōa-khu
- Chinese: 高地大區
- Dutch: Highlands Region
- English: Highlands (Papua New Guinea)
- English: Highlands Region
- French: Region des Hautes-Terres
- French: Région des Hautes-Terres
- French: Région des hautes terres
- Georgian: ჰაილენდსი
- German: Hochland von Papua-Neuguinea
- Greek: Υψίπεδα
- Greek: Χάιλαντς
- Indonesian: Region Pegunungan
- Italian: Regione delle Terre Alte
- Japanese: 山岳地方 (パプアニューギニア)
- Japanese: 山岳地方
- Korean: 하일랜즈 지방
- Macedonian: Планински Регион
- Min Nan Chinese: Soaⁿ-lūn Tōa-khu
- Northern Frisian: Highlands (Regiuun uun PNG)
- Northern Frisian: Highlands
- Persian: ناحیه ارتفاعات
- Persian: ناحیهٔ ارتفاعات
- Portuguese: Região das Terras Altas
- Russian: Хайлендс
- Spanish: Region de las Tierras Altas
- Spanish: Región de las Tierras Altas
- Swiss German: Highlands
- Tosk Albanian: Highlands
- Ukrainian: Гайлендс
- Ukrainian: Хайлендс
- Urdu: سطح مرتفع علاقہ
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Highlands. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.