Western

Western Province is best known in Papua New Guinea for the Fly River, one of the country’s great waterways. The province occupies the nation’s far west, where broad lowlands run from the Indonesian border towards the Gulf of Papua and give way to wetlands, floodplains and forest. Flowing from the Star Mountains, the Fly is a vital transport corridor for remote river communities; its watershed also includes the Ok Tedi, associated with the major mine near Tabubil. Daru, the provincial capital, stands on an island near the Torres Strait. Sago remains an important staple in many lowland communities. Browse webcams around Western Province to understand its place in Papua New Guinea’s wider river country.

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