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Deikwi Destination Guide
Discover Deikwi in Papua New Guinea
Deikwi in the region of Western Province is a town located in Papua New Guinea - some 500 mi or ( 805 km ) North-West of Port Moresby , the country's capital .
Local time in Deikwi is now 12:00 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Port Moresby " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Jayapura, Yongtau, Wewak, Sawanam, and Mount Hagen. When in this area, you might want to check out Jayapura . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Deikwi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago. Geologically it is a part of the same tectonic plate as Australia.
Located at -5.50 141.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Birim River (New Guinea)
The Birim River or Ok Birim in the western province of New Guinea is a tributary of the Ok Tedi River, which is in turn a tributary of the north Fly River. The Birim river joins the Ok Tedi river from the west between Ningerum and Bige. The Birim river area is inhabited by the Kaikaruk tribe. They practise tropical forest Swidden agriculture. About 3,000 people, they speak the Ninggerum language of the Ok group.
Located at -5.71 141.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.