Kandep District
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Kandep District | ||
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,001 km2 (773 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (7,000 ft) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Total | 73,102 | |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) | |
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Kandep District
Kandep was formed due to volcanic eruption of Mt. Sugarloaf, and thus has many crater lakes; the largest being the Pakelem Lake encircling Lyumbi Island.
The people of Kandep live in tribes and land is owned by individual tribes and land inheritanance is through paternal side. Kandep is situated at an altitude of 2000m above msl(7,000ft). Kandep has a population of approximately 73,000.
Kandep has two LLGs, Kandep LLG and Wage LLG with its own LLG Presidents.
For efficient service delivery, Kandep District is divided into two(2) constituencies with its own Presidents, who is elected by the elected Councilors of each Wards. Each constituency is further divided into Wards who are run by an elected Councilor by the residents of that ward. For census purposes, the ward is further divided into census units(CU).
Most of the information presented in the census is provide by the National Statistical Office(NSO) during their country-wide census.
References
- ^ http://www.igr.gov.pg Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
