:Momase Region

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| seat_type = Largest city

| seat = Lae

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| area_total_km2 = 142600

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.nso.gov.pg/index.php/document-library |title= 2011 National Population & Housing Census: Final Figures Booklet |author= Papua New Guinea National Statistical Office |date= November 2013 |accessdate= 10 June 2018}}

| population_total = 1867657

| population_as_of = 2011 Census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Momase Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea. Its largest city is Lae, the second city of the nation. The name Momase is a portmanteau of the constituent provinces, Morobe, Madang and Sepik (East and West). Momase is by far the most linguistically diverse region of Papua New Guinea.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}

Subdivision

The Region is administratively divided into four provinces:

See also

References

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