Jiwaka people are friendly. These girls are performing at the independence celebration of 2024 16th September in Banz a provincial township. It is one of the provinces of Papua New Guinea. The provincial gazetted head-quarter is not properly setup as provincial head-quarter. Temporarily all provincial matters are handled in Minj after the election of the new Governor Simon T Kawi in 2022 general elections. Matters concerning each district are dealt with at their respective district administration office. The province covers an area of 4,798 km, and there are 343,987 inhabitants (2011 census final 2000 census 185,641). Jiwaka province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising three districts previously part of Western Highlands Province. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of Jiwaka and Simbu province.
