Gulf Province

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Gulf Province in Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province
Coordinates: 7°20′S 145°0′E / 7.333°S 145.000°E / -7.333; 145.000
Country	Papua New Guinea
Capital	Kerema
Districts	List Kerema District Kikori District
Government
• Governor	Chris Haiveta 2017-current
Area
• Total	34,472 km2 (13,310 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	158,197
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
HDI (2018)	0.510[1] low · 19th of 22

Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the Kikori, Turama, Purari, and Vailala rivers meet the Papuan Gulf. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants (2000 census). The province shares land borders with Western Province to the west, Southern Highlands, Chimbu, and Eastern Highlands to the north, Morobe Province to the east, and Central Province to the southeast.

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.^[2]

The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.^[3][4]

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.