Enga Province is located in the north most region of the highlands of PNG, having been divided from the Western Highlands to become a separate province when the provinces were created at the time of independence in 1975. The people of Enga are called Engans—they are a majority ethnic group—speaking one language in all its five districts: approximately 500,000 people.
Enga is unique among the provinces in Papua New Guinea in that it has only one major linguistic and ethnic group: Enga speakers. Although dialects of the Enga language vary greatly from Laiagam in the west to Wapenamanda in the east, Engans’ shared ethnic identity overshadows the existence of other ethnic groups in the province, such as Ipili speakers (around Porgera) and Nete speakers.
Provincial Finance Manager (PFM) | Provincial Finance Office Contact |
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Mr. Nathan Lapakio | P.O Box 281 Wabag Enga Province Phone: 73312384 Fax: Email:nathan_lapakio@finance.gov.pg |
Districts and LLGs
Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.
District | District Finance Manager | District Capital | LLG | Contacts |
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Laiagam Porgera | Petrus Mathias | Laiagam Porgera |
| petrus_mathias@finance.gov.pg Tel: 718 20301 |
Wapenamanda | Christina Peter | Wapenamanda |
| christina_peter@finance.gov.pg Tel: 744 43553 |
Kandep | Lowan Kandi | Kandep |
| lowan_kandi@finance.gov.pg Tel: 712 66032 |
Kompiam Ambum | Elizabeth Charles | Kompaim |
| elizabeth_charles@finance.gov.pg Tel: 737 59566 |
Wabag | George Lupisa | Wabag |
| george_lupisa@finance.gov.pg Tel: 728 20327 |
1. National Capital District (Port Moresby)
2. Central Province
3. Chimbu (Simbu)
4. Eastern Highlands
5. East New Britain
6. East Sepik
7. Enga
8. Gulf
9. Madang
10. Manus
11. Milne Bay
12. Morobe
13. New Ireland
14. Northern (Oro Province)
15. Bougainville (autonomous region)
16. Southern Highlands
17. Western Province (Fly)
18. Western Highlands
19. West New Britain
20. West Sepik (Sandaun)
21. Hela
22. Jiwaka