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Port Moresby
9.46° S, 147.19° E
- Population
- 283,733
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 19
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 19 cities of Papua New Guinea in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Papua New Guinea, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1873
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 74 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 240 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- National Capital District
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- John Moresby
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Pacific/Port_Moresby
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Practical bearings for Port Moresby, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Port Moresby have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Captain John Moresby named Port Moresby in 1873 to honor his father, British Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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