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Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), 1,600 meters (5,200 feet) above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the "Highlands Highway", about 285 km (177 mi) from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km (56 mi) from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlan
The Bintangor Goroka Lahanis [1] are a semi professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province. They currently compete in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition. Their home ground is located within the National Sports Institute. [2]
Goroka District is a district in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It contains the city of Goroka. The Alekano language is spoken there.
The Goroka Show is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka , the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province .
The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km 2 , and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary with Madang Province to the north, Morobe Province to the east, Gulf Province to the south, and Simbu Province to the west.
Goroka Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] Wards. 80. Goroka Urban; 85. Bihute; References
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The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands.They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family (the precursor of Trans–New Guinea), and are one of the larger branches of Trans–New Guinea in the 2005 classification of Malcolm Ross.