Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has 326 local-level governments comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018.
Administrative divisions
At the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into four [List of List of regions of Papua New Guinea|regions of Papua New Guinea|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 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.