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The Province ...
Located on the northern part of mainland Papua New Guinea is Madang Province dubbed as 'The most beautiful province of the country'. The Province also includes the offshore volcanic
islands of Manam, Karkar, Long and Bagabag.
Madang province has a total area of 94,000 square kilometres with a land mass of 30,000 square kilometres. It consists of six districts namely, Rai Coast, Madang, Sumkar, Bogia, Usino
Bundi and Middle Ramu.
The Province has a typical hot and wet tropical climate, with cooler temperatures in its central and coastal mountain systems. Madang has a temperature range between 25 and 30 degrees
centigrade. Benefiting from light sea breezes, Madang has a relatively low humidity in the afternoons.
Madang's population is a little over 300,000 with a small expatriate community of 3,000.
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The Town ...
Parks, waterways, luxuriant shade trees and sparking tropical islands in a peninsula setting has made Madang township 'the prettiest town in the South Pacific'.
The small town of Madang has modern urban facilities including hotels, department stores, markets and shops for artefacts, shell jewellery, carvings and pottery. There are five major
hotels which provides excellent facilities and a few budget guest houses and lodges around Madang.
Madang is world famous for its coral reefs with easily accessible places to dive. A superb diving visibility all year round unmask an abundance of reef and pelagic fish, dramatic drop
offs, shells and soft and hard corals. Those who like diving on wrecks will find the reefs liberally dotted with sunken ships.
Game fishing is a popular sport and providing anglers with plenty of good sport is the coastal currents around Madang Province. The current carry sailfish, kingfish, tuna, mackerel,
barracuda, marlin, yellow fin and wahoo within 100 metres of the shore, particularly off the waters around Karkar and Bagabag islands.
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