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  Ethnologue 14 report for Papua New Guinea
Sandaun Province, Amanab District and Rocky Peak District, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River.
Sandaun Province, Lumi District, 19 villages in the foothills of the Torricelli Mountains.
Sandaun Province, Amanab District, Simog and Watape villages.
www.ethnologue.com /14/show_country.asp?name=Papua+New+Guinea   (5560 words)

  
 Papua New Guinea Provinces & Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) is a large, underdeveloped province on PNG's northern border with Irian Jaya.
Among the distinctive artifacts of Sandaun are the painted canoes of Sissano Lagoon and the large shields of the Telefomin district.
Sandaun also has the second lowest median age and is third lowest in population density, participation in the cash economy, and in wage employment.
www.budgettours.com.pg /Provinces.htm   (6072 words)

  
 Diocese of Aitape - General Information
Sandaun is one of the nineteen provinces in PNG, situated in the north-west corner of the country on the border with Indonesia, with an area of 36,000 km
The rural people of Sandaun are the poorest in PNG During independence talks in 1975, it was agreed that all provinces that make up PNG be allowed to keep a substantial part of their revenues.
Aitape is the principal town and port of the district, one of the four districts of Sandaun Province.
www.global.net.pg /diocese_of_aitape/aitape/gen.html   (644 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Papua New Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sandaun Province, Amanab District, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwaters of the Left May River on the Samaia River.
Sandaun Province, Amanab District, north of Upper Sepik River, west of Namia.
Sandaun Province, Namblo Census Division, northwest of Maimai.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Papu.html   (6440 words)

  
 Sandaun Province, (West Sepik)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Aitape was established as a station by the Germans in 1905 and was occupied by the Japanese during World War 2.
The headwaters of the Sepik River are in Sandaun Province.
Among the distinctive artefacts from Sandaun are painted canoes of Sissano Lagoon and large shields from the Telefomin district.
www.pngbd.com /travel/tourism_guide_tpa/prov_sandaun.html   (423 words)

  
 [Kabar-Irian] Irian News - 9/30/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Albert Sambre gave a report on the HIV/AIDS situation in Sandaun Province in which he expressed grave concern about the frequent travel of Papua New Guineans across the border to the Indonesian province of Papua where commercial sex was legalised.
The Sandaun Provincial AIDS Committee had launched an extensive HIV/AIDS awareness campaign throughout the province in an effort to minimise the increase in infections.
Among them were the border crossing and trading, high illiteracy rate, rise in commercial sex activities, smuggling of sex aids and obscene materials, pre- marital sex, lack of testing clinics, rise in promiscuous sexual activities, risky customary practises such as polygamy, social dances and parties and rise in drug and alcohol consumption.
www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-irian/2004-October/000561.html   (3509 words)

  
 SANDAUN (WEST SEPIK) PROVINCE
Sandaun is the Tok Pisin spelling for “sun down”.
Sandaun is a huge province with rugged, cold mountains in the interior, steamy jungles in the lowlands, and scenic tropical coastlines.
Inland, the Sandaun townships of Nuku and Lumi are also linked by road to Wewak, by a different route via Maprik.
www.em.com.pg /PNG/provinces/Sandaun/PNGprovSandaun.htm   (743 words)

  
 PROVINCIAL REPORTS: government, NGOs and private sector| for Papua New Guinea - 1996 National Youth Conference
The Sandaun Province borders with Papua New Guinea Provinces of Western on the south separated by the rugged Central Cordillera.
Youth programmes is Sandaun Province have been planned and implemented by the Social Development Division usually involving the Non Government Organisations although the Non Government Organisations have been more active in their programmes.
There have been no grants and subsides given by the Sandaun Provincial Government in the past couple of years because of the shortfall in their National Government Budget Allocations.
www.pngbuai.com /300socialsciences/youth/youthconf-papers11.html   (6238 words)

  
 Letters page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Your quietness on the floor of Parliament and your lack of performance in bringing development and services to Sandaun is of grave concern.
We, the people of Sandaun, are alarmed that this term of Parliament is almost over without any positive impact being made by our elected leaders in bringing development and services to our rich but less developed province.
Sandaun is again being used only for numbers in supporting a Government that continues to ignore the development aspirations of our people.
www.thenational.com.pg /0811/letter4.htm   (338 words)

  
 Official Web Site of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With the decision in principle to purchase the Sandaun Motel so rashly made on 1st March 1999 events are then dealt with on a day by day basis until the next DFRB Board meeting – Special Board meeting 2/99 held on 25th March 1999.
It is necessary to have knowledge of the background and history of the Sandaun Motel in order to understand the potential problems that faced the DFRB Board and the discoveries which might have been made if comprehensive due diligence had been carried out.
Sandaun Government has made the various programme for 1991/92 including the Premiers Conference, Border issues meetings, the opening of Indonesian Consulate Office, which means more activities to be hosted in Vanimo, in the fields of Economics, Social and Political.
www.pm.gov.pg /pmsoffice/PMsoffice.nsf/pages/C1CA6F1C906ACC4B4A256C3D002DC30D?OpenDocument   (12324 words)

  
 Sandaun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Vanimo Town is the capital of West Sepik Province (Sandaun) located near the PNG international border with the Republic of Indonesia.
Transport service by road from Vanimo Town to all districts is a big challenge for the province politician and administration who depend on third level air transport system.
Sandaun is pidgin word for sunset and so a soft relaxing feeling for visitors travelling to the province.
www.igr.gov.pg /sandaun.html   (171 words)

  
 IFBWW Solidarity Appeal: Papua New Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Sandaun Timber Workers, Papua New Guinea, has informed the IFBWW that the Vanimo Forest Products Pty Ltd has sacked 207 workers.
The company claims that they are winding down its operations due to a 70% increase in export tax on timber, a decline in the international log market and a heavy stockpile due to a decrease in demand.
We call on you to open honest discussions with the union concerning your operations and guarantee the security of employment for the remaining workers.
home.iprolink.ch /fitbb/INFO_PUBS_SOLIDAR/Solidarity-PNG.html   (537 words)

  
 Viewpoint
“Sandaun contributes about K6 million every year in cocoa sales from Lumi and Nuku districts that go through Wewak because there is no road linking these districts with coastal towns of Aitape and Vanimo,” Mr Yuni said.
He is also disappointed that the road from Vanimo to Wutung is not even sealed and blames Cabinet ministers for not recognising the importance of this road.
He said Sandaun was strategically located to Asia but its existence did not matter much to Waigani because Waigani seemed not to support development in this part of Papua New Guinea.
www.postcourier.com.pg /20040226/mamose01.htm   (444 words)

  
 SSHL: Melanesian Studies Resource Center & Melanesian Archive: Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports: East Sepik
Reports from Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, which was became a separate district in 1966, have, for the most part, been filmed as a separate set of microfiche.
A few reports for Sandaun have been filmed with the East Sepik reports, as noted in the table of contents.
Prior to 1966, the areas now known as East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province were administered as Sepik District.
sshl.ucsd.edu /melanesia/eastsepik.htm   (6639 words)

  
 FOREST HARVESTING CASE-STUDY 15
The study was carried out in tropical natural forest of Sandaun Province and on New Britain Island, both Papua New Guinea.
As one part of a postharvest assessment of environmental impacts, a survey of skidtrails was carried out at the study site in Sandaun Province.
Both the Forest Authority and the logging companies must become committed to the same overall goal, namely to promote the implementation of environmentally sound harvesting so that harvesting systems become fully compatible with the objectives of sustainable forest management.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/Y2711E/y2711e02.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Attachment to Letters to the UNHCR on Worrisome Situation on Deportation Plan of Papuan Refugees in PNG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This was revealed by Sandaun's acting provincial administrator - Joeseph Sungi early this week.
Papua New Guinea's Catholic Church is hoping the UN's knowledge of why Papuans fled Indonesia into Sandaun will protect them from being repatriated during a possible crackdown by PNG authorities against Free Papua or OPM rebels.
Joe Sungi, the Administrator of PNG's border province of Sandaun says Free Papua or OPM rebels will be given an ultimatum to go back to Indonesia within three weeks or face deportation.
www.westpapua.net /action/03/refugees-270103.htm   (4911 words)

  
 07/27/00 -- Nauru first to express interest in Vanimo FTZ
Having been in the pipeline for a while now, Mr Tekwie’s plans to construct a global village on vacant land in the Sandaun province took a step closer to reality with the passing of the FTZ bill.The proposed global village will have a bit of each of any country interested in investing in the province.
We should be talking about moving forward, and not sit around complaining about the lack of help from the government,” he said.With the FTZ and the proposed global village, Mr Tekwie hopes to solve unemployment problems in Sandaun, alleviate literacy problems, decrease infant mortality rates and lift the standard of living in Sandaun.
He said that presently, every part of Sandaun had a major economic activity or project running, and with the FTZ status, it would only mean that economically, Sandaun would progress.
forests.org /archive/png/naurfirs.htm   (757 words)

  
 Nation page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
SANDAUN Governor Carlos Yuni has challenged the Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare to stop using the people of West Sepik for the benefit of East Sepik province.
Mr Yuni made the challenge in response to remarks made by the Chief during the official opening of the South Seas Tuna loining plant in Wewak that the factory will benefit the people of East Sepik and West Sepik.
He said Sir Michael must now realise that the people and resources of West Sepik must not be misused to benefit East Sepik.
www.thenational.com.pg /0220/nation25.htm   (326 words)

  
 Diocese of Aitape - Health
The official agreement with the Sandaun provincial authorities expired in 1994.
The provincial hospital is located at Vanimo, the capital of Sandaun Province.
We counted 410 lepro people in the Sandaun Province, some of whom are still taking medication but none of whom are contagious.
www.global.net.pg /diocese_of_aitape/aitape/health.html   (1449 words)

  
 Citrus huanglongbin - Papua New Guinea (Sandaun)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Citrus growers had expressed concern that the citrus industry throughout the nation would be threatened if the disease spread any further.
"While the disease has been detected in Indonesia, quarantine officials believe it was transported to Sandaun from the adjoining West Papua Province of Indonesia," he said.
Maladina said quarantine officers would conduct a public information campaign in Sandaun on the dangers of the disease to ensure everyone would abide by the ban.
laurel.nal.usda.gov:8080 /agnic/pmp/2003/chp052803.html   (412 words)

  
 Official Web Site of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Parts 1 to 4 of the Sandaun Motel opening we have dealt in detail with the acquisition by the DFRB Board of the whole of the issue capital of Banora Trading Limited which operated as Sandaun Motel.
The payment vouchers for Sandaun Motel for the same period indicate that many cheques were written in favour of Fleet Limited, Sania and later Agita Construction (which are all entities associated with Mr.
Marcus Cullinan who was his employer at Sandaun Motel told him to put these two cheques in his account and to place the funds on IBD.
www.pm.gov.pg /pmsoffice/pmsoffice.nsf/0/E4C677088A8B955D88256C91006D6A60?OpenDocument   (10478 words)

  
 Viewpoint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
THIS view point is in support of Sandaun Governor Carlos Yuni’s call for Sandaun leaders to stand up and talk like real leaders.
But now you (in ESP) are so powerful, you seem to have no time for the people of Sandaun.
Sandaun is truly the gateway to the Asia-Pacific, sharing the border with Indonesia, an Asian country.
www.postcourier.com.pg /20040304/view11   (190 words)

  
 Sandaun - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This Papua New Guinea-related geography article is a stub.
This page was last modified 08:05, 8 May 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Sandaun contains research on
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/West_Sepik   (69 words)

  
 Vanimo (Sandaun) is a place in the world on the Map of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Vanimo (Sandaun) is geographically located at latitude (-2.69 degrees) 2° 41' 23" South of the Equator and longitude (141.3 degrees) 141° 18' 0" East of the Prime Meridian on Pagenation the world Map.
The locations related to Vanimo (Sandaun) are represented by the shortest path a radio wave would travel and may not be nearest by road.
For example, Vanimo (Sandaun) is located 0.6 kilometre from Vanimo, Papua New Guinea: Vanimo Airport [VAI].
pagenation.com /world/Vanimo%20(Sandaun)/141.3/-2.69.map   (328 words)

  
 [Kabar-Irian] Irian News - 1/26/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is hoped that with the back up of the FBI team, more information on the case will be gathered.
This was revealed by Sandaun's acting provincial administrator — Joeseph Sungi early this week.
Mr Sungi said while the situation at the border remained calm, this was the directive the provincial administration had been given by the national government to administer.
www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-irian/2003-January/000113.html   (1986 words)

  
 Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Map & Placename Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Map & Placename Index
Local Map of Malol Villages, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Local Map of New Wamaru, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
www.multimap.com /index/PP100.htm   (1610 words)

  
 An annotated bibliography of West Sepik Province folklore
An annotated bibliography of West Sepik (Sandaun) Province folklore
Below is an annotated bibliography of West Sepik Province folklore.
Ethnohistorical and mythological traditions of places of origin, paths of migration, and formations of communities among the Bimin-Kuskusmin, West Sepik Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
thslone.tripod.com /PNGFB-WSP.html   (1779 words)

  
 Map of Wutung, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea | Multimap.com
Map of Wutung, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Map of Wutung, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
www.multimap.com /wi/136838.htm   (80 words)

  
 ULB / APFT - Projets / Sandaun Province
ULB / APFT - Projets / Sandaun Province
Kilimeri Census Division, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
The garden is one area where division of labour is clearly distinguished between the men and the women of Isi villages.
www.ulb.ac.be /soco/apft/GENERAL/PUBLICAT/division.htm   (2197 words)

  
 PNG: AIDS campaign targets border crossers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Papua New Guinea's border province of Sandaun have urged PNG visitors to the Indonesian province of Papua to refrain from sexual activities or use condoms in an effort to control HIV/AIDS.
Albert Sambre says although last year the Province had 19 confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS, the figure could be higher due to the unmonitored movement of people across the border.
We were involved in these border liaison meetings, the annual border liaison meetings between Western, Sandaun and Papua and we have come up with in understanding that we will come up with joint border programs without our counterparts in Papua because it is an international border and an international issue.
www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2004/10/19/01reg24.html   (674 words)

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