Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

 located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema

Kerema

Kerema is the capital of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located on the coast of Gulf of Papua. The Gulf region is aptly named for its concave coastline with large deltas. The Gulf area is a riparian region where many rivers from the southern slopes of the highlands drain into.-Culture and...

. The 34,500 km² province is dominated by mountain

Mountain

Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

s, lowland river delta

River delta

A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river...

s, and grassland flood plains, the Kikori

Kikori River

The Kikori River is a river in southern Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea .The river is about long and flows southeast into the Gulf of Papua, with its delta at the head of the gulf. The settlement of Kikori lies on the delta.-References:...

, Turama

Turama River

-See also:*List of rivers of Oceania...

, Purari

Purari River

The Purari is a river in that originates in the south central highlands of Papua New Guinea, flowing though the Gulf Province to the Gulf of Papua...

 and Vailala rivers all meet the sea known as the Papuan Gulf. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants (2000 census).

Districts and LLGs

Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.

District	District Capital	LLG Name
Kerema District Kerema District Kerema District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kerema....	Kerema Kerema Kerema is the capital of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located on the coast of Gulf of Papua. The Gulf region is aptly named for its concave coastline with large deltas. The Gulf area is a riparian region where many rivers from the southern slopes of the highlands drain into.-Culture and...	Central Kerema Rural
		East Kerema Rural
		Kaintiba Rural
		Kerema Urban
		Kotidanga Rural
		Lakekamu-Tauri Rural
Kikori District Kikori District Kikori District is a district of the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kikori....	Kikori Kikori Kikori is a settlement in Papua New Guinea.Kikori lies in the delta of the Kikori River at the head of the Gulf of Papua. This area is particularly biologically rich with a diversity of ecosystems and densely forested, with an intricate system of rivers. The geography is that of limestone karst...	Baimuru Rural
		East Kikori Rural
		Ihu Rural
		West Kikori Rural