Ningerum
Ningerum township from space
Ningerum township from space
Ningerum is located in Papua New Guinea
Ningerum
Ningerum
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5°40′S 141°8′E / 5.667°S 141.133°E / -5.667; 141.133
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceWestern Province
DistrictNorth Fly
LLGNiingerum Rural
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2006 est)
  Total5,000
  Rank26th
Languages
  Main languagesTok Pisin, English
  Traditional languageNinggerum
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
ClimateAf

Ningerum is a small town on the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway, about equidistant between the two centres of Kiunga and Tabubil. Ningerum is the seat of the Ningerum Rural LLG, which was the second most populous LLG in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea during the 2000 census. The town is served by Ningerum Airport.

The township itself has a population of roughly 5000 people, a few regional stores and an airport. The Ningerum is also the name for the people inhabiting this region who are noted for their therapeutic knowledge.[1]

Climate

Ningerum has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Ningerum
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.4
(88.5)
31.1
(88.0)
31.2
(88.2)
31.2
(88.2)
30.8
(87.4)
29.8
(85.6)
29.1
(84.4)
29.7
(85.5)
30.2
(86.4)
31.1
(88.0)
31.9
(89.4)
31.6
(88.9)
30.8
(87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.0
(80.6)
26.7
(80.1)
26.8
(80.2)
26.9
(80.4)
26.8
(80.2)
26.0
(78.8)
25.5
(77.9)
25.8
(78.4)
26.0
(78.8)
26.6
(79.9)
27.2
(81.0)
27.2
(81.0)
26.5
(79.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.6
(72.7)
22.8
(73.0)
22.3
(72.1)
22.0
(71.6)
21.9
(71.4)
21.9
(71.4)
22.1
(71.8)
22.5
(72.5)
22.8
(73.0)
22.4
(72.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 470
(18.5)
444
(17.5)
581
(22.9)
502
(19.8)
716
(28.2)
632
(24.9)
616
(24.3)
618
(24.3)
522
(20.6)
460
(18.1)
320
(12.6)
442
(17.4)
6,323
(249.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]


See also

References

  1. Welsch, RL (1985). "The distribution of therapeutic knowledge in Ningerum: implications for primary health care and the use of aid posts". P N G Med J. 28: 205–10. PMID 3866447.
  2. "Climate: Ningerum". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 26, 2020.


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