Hela Province


Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Tari. The province covers an area of 10,498 km2, and there are 249,449 inhabitants. Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising three districts previously part of Southern Highlands Province. It has oil and natural gas.

Districts and LLGs

There were three districts in the province. However, one new electorate known as Komo Hulia LLG was approved in April 2022 and will go for first election in 28 April 2022 after splitting the Komo-Margarima Electorate. Each district has one or more Local Level Government areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.
DistrictDistrict CapitalLLG Name
Magarima DistrictMagarimaUpper Wage Rural
Magarima DistrictMagarimaLower Wage Rural
Magarima DistrictMagarimaMargarima Central Rural
Magarima DistrictMagarimaBeneria Rural
Hulia Komo DistrictHulia KomoHulia Rural LLG
Hulia Komo DistrictHulia KomoKomo Rural LLG
Hulia Komo DistrictHulia KomoMt. Sisa Rural LLG
Koroba-Kopiago DistrictKorobaAwi-Pori Rural
Koroba-Kopiago DistrictKorobaLake Kopiago Rural
Koroba-Kopiago DistrictKorobaNorth Koroba Rural
Koroba-Kopiago DistrictKorobaSouth Koroba Rural
Tari-Pori DistrictTariHayapuga Rural
Tari-Pori DistrictTariTagali Rural
Tari-Pori DistrictTariTari Urban
Tari-Pori DistrictTariTebi Rural

Provincial leaders

Chairmen of the Hela Transitional Authority (2010–2012)

PremierTerm
James Marape2010–2011
Benjamin Mul2011–2012

Governors (2012–present)

GovernorTerm
Anderson Agiru2012–2015
Francis Potape2015–2016
Anderson Agiru2016
Philip Undialu2016
Francis Potape2016–2017
Philip Undialu2017–present

Members of the National Parliament

The province and each district is represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate and each district is an open electorate.
ElectorateMember
Hela ProvincialPhilip Undialu
Komo OpenDaniel Tindipu
Koroba-Lake Kopiago OpenWilliam Bando
Magarima OpenManasseh Makiba
Tari OpenJames Marape