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Hela Province

Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Tari. The province covers an area of 10,498 km2, and there are 249,449 inhabitants (2011 census figures). Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising three districts previously part of Southern Highlands Province.[citation needed] It has oil and natural gas.

There were three districts in the province. However, one new electorate known as Komo Hulia LLG was approved in April 2022 and will go for first election on 28 April 2022 after splitting the Komo-Margarima Electorate. 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.

The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.

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