Ningerum

Ningerum is a small town on the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway, about equidistant between the two centres of Kiunga and Tabubil. Ningerum is the seat of the Ningerum Rural LLG, which was the second most populous LLG in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea during the 2000 census. The town is served by Ningerum Airport.

Ningerum
Ningerum township from space
Ningerum Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5°40′S 141°8′E
Country	Papua New Guinea
Province	Western Province
District	North Fly
LLG	Niingerum Rural
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2006 est)
• Total	5,000
• Rank	26th
Languages
• Main languages	Tok Pisin, English
• Traditional language	Ninggerum
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
Climate	Af

The township itself has a population of roughly 5000 people, a few regional stores and an airport. The Ningerum is also the name for the people inhabiting this region who are noted for their therapeutic knowledge.^[1]

Climate

Ningerum has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Ningerum
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.4 (88.5)	31.1 (88.0)	31.2 (88.2)	31.2 (88.2)	30.8 (87.4)	29.8 (85.6)	29.1 (84.4)	29.7 (85.5)	30.2 (86.4)	31.1 (88.0)	31.9 (89.4)	31.6 (88.9)	30.8 (87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.0 (80.6)	26.7 (80.1)	26.8 (80.2)	26.9 (80.4)	26.8 (80.2)	26.0 (78.8)	25.5 (77.9)	25.8 (78.4)	26.0 (78.8)	26.6 (79.9)	27.2 (81.0)	27.2 (81.0)	26.5 (79.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.6 (72.7)	22.4 (72.3)	22.5 (72.5)	22.6 (72.7)	22.8 (73.0)	22.3 (72.1)	22.0 (71.6)	21.9 (71.4)	21.9 (71.4)	22.1 (71.8)	22.5 (72.5)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	470 (18.5)	444 (17.5)	581 (22.9)	502 (19.8)	716 (28.2)	632 (24.9)	616 (24.3)	618 (24.3)	522 (20.6)	460 (18.1)	320 (12.6)	442 (17.4)	6,323 (249.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

See also

• Ningerum Rural LLG