The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country’s highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang. Madang Province is a large region approximately 300 kilometres long and 160 kilometres wide with four large and many small offshore islands. The province totals 29,000 square kilometres and has a population of 365,106 (2000 census). The province shares land borders with East Sepik to the west, Enga, Western Highlands, and Jiwaka to the southwest, Chimbu and Eastern Highlands to the south, and Morobe to the southeast. To the south lies the Bismarck Range with heights ranging over 4,000 metres. Mount Wilhelm, PNG’s tallest mountain at 4509m, being found in those ranges. Also in the south, the Ramu Valley separates the Bismarck Range from the Finisterre Range to the south east of the province. The mountains are timber rich with large stands of trees and rainforest, whilst the coastal plain of the vallery is open and studded with palm trees.

Provincial Finance Manager (PFM)	Provincial Finance Office Contact
Mr. George Memke	P.O Box 2030 Madang Madang Province Phone: 442 3229/1430, 71837477 Fax: 442 1182 Email:george_memke@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
Madang DFO	Joan Yeni	Madang	Ambenob Rural Madang Urban Transgogol Rural	dfm_madang@finance.gov.pg Tel: 71141036
Bogia	Reuben Danaben	Bogia	Almami Rural Iabu Rural Yawar Rural	dfm_bogia@finance.gov.pg Tel: 729 07409
Middle Ramu	Matthew Konzel	Simbai	Arabaka Rural Josephstaal Rural Simbai Rural	matthew_konzel@finance.gov.pg Tel: 710 13856
Rai Coast	Samang Balim	Rai Coast	Astrolabe Bay Rural Naho Rawa Rural Nayudo Rural Saidor Rural	dfm_raicoast@finance.gov.pg Tel: 736 30248
Sumkar	Geoffrey Talia	Karkar	Karkar Rural Sumgilbar Rural	dfm_Sumkar@finance.gov.pg Tel: 720 88798
Usino Bundi	Samuel Abel	Usino	Bundi Rural Usino Rural	dfm_usino@finance.gov.pg Tel: 78219820