East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea . Its capital is Wewak . East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
7-693: Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea . It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea . It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura . It is the see city (seat) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak . Between 1943 and 1945, in World War II , Wewak was the site of the largest Japanese airbase in mainland New Guinea. The base was subjected to repeated bombing by Australian and American forces, most notably in one massive attack on 17 August 1943. Directly to
14-593: Is located Boram Hospital, and Wewak International Airport , which is also known as Boram. Wewak is linked by road to three villages on the Sepik River : Angoram , Timbunke , and Pagwi , though the roads are not always in good condition. Also, a coastal highway extends to the west, linking Wewak with the coastal towns of Aitape and Vanimo , which is the capital of Sandaun province. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical rainforest ( Af ). East Sepik Cherubim Dambui
21-594: The central cordillera and feed the Sepik River. Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units. The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1976 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year,
28-481: The landscape just inland of the coast. The remainder of the province's geography is dominated by the Sepik River , which is one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of water flow and is known for flooding —the river's level can alter by as much as five metres in the course of the year as it rises and falls. The southern areas of the province are taken up by the Hunstein Range and other mountain ranges which form
35-521: The west of the town centre is a peninsula known as Cape Wom , which was the site of the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea on 13 September 1945. The site now houses a small memorial. The former Japanese airfield is still in use as the Wewak International Airport . In August 1945 two war crimes trials were held near Wewak for mutilation and cannibalism. First Lieutenant Takehiro Tazaki
42-428: Was appointed as East Sepik's first premier by Prime Minister Michael Somare upon the creation of the provincial government in 1976. Dambui remained interim premier until 1979, when he became East Sepik's permanent premier with a full term. He remained in office until 1983. Wewak, the provincial capital, is located on the coast of East Sepik. There are a scattering of islands off shore, and coastal ranges dominate
49-408: Was convicted and sentenced to death (later commuted to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour ) and another accused was acquitted. The old centre of the town is on a small peninsula, with the rest of the urban area occupying a narrow band of flat land between the ocean and the coastal range of mountains that emerges a short distance inland. To the east of the town center is a small peninsula on which
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