Papua New Guinea has 326 local-level governments (LLGs) comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018.

Administrative divisions

At the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into four regions, namely the Highlands, Islands, Momase, and Southern regions. Below, Papua New Guinea has 22 province-level divisions: 20 integrated provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the National Capital District. Each province 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 consisting of a few hundred to a few thousand individuals. Wards are further divided into census units (CU).

List of local-level governments by region and province

Highlands Region

Chimbu Province

Eastern Highlands Province

Enga Province

Southern Highlands Province

Western Highlands Province

Hela Province

Jiwaka Province

Islands Region

East New Britain Province

Manus Province

New Ireland Province

West New Britain Province

Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Momase Region

East Sepik Province

Madang Province

Morobe Province

Sandaun (West Sepik) Province

Southern Region

Central Province

Gulf Province

Milne Bay Province

Oro (Northern) Province

Western (Fly) Province

National Capital District

Demographics and postal codes

The following is a list of local-level government areas sorted by postal code. Postal codes, all prefixed with the country code PG, begin with two-digit provincial codes, followed by two-digit district codes, and finally two-digit LLG codes.