Mount Hagen is the third-largest city in Papua New Guinea and the capital of Western Highlands Province, sitting in the Wahgi Valley at an elevation of 1,677 meters. The valley was first reached by Europeans in 1933, when explorers Mick Leahy, Dan Leahy and Jim Taylor made aerial and overland surveys that brought them into contact with its heavily populated tribes, and the town grew from an airstrip that opened in 1934. It takes its name from the nearby Mount Hagen volcano, itself named for the German colonial officer Curt von Hagen, and the 2013 census recorded 46,256 residents.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Mount Hagen (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
46256
Infobox: Land area
8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Infobox: Elevation
1,677 m (5,502 ft)
Article text: town formed at airstrip site
From 1934, a new airstrip, the "Mogei Drome" or "Mogai Aerodrome", was located on a site where the future town was formed
Infobox: Coordinates
5.86000°S 144.24000°E
- In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Mount Hagen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2090409
-5.85746 144.23058 P PPLA PG 16 2090408 33623 1728 Pacific/Port_Moresby
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1728 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, 144.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.75, 144.25
-5.75 144.25 Af
Wikidata: Mount Hagen
Wikidata Q1017362, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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