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Telefomin District

Coordinates: 5°07′44″S 141°38′10″E / 5.129°S 141.636°E / -5.129; 141.636
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Telefomin District
Telefomin District is located in Papua New Guinea
Telefomin District
Telefomin District
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5°07′44″S 141°38′10″E / 5.129°S 141.636°E / -5.129; 141.636
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceSandaun Province
CapitalTelefomin
Government
 • MPSolan Mirisim
Area
 • Total16,333 km2 (6,306 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total48,882
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)

Telefomin District is a district of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Telefomin.[1] Its inhabitants include the Mountain Ok people, a cultural group with numerous sub-groups including the Telefol, the Urapmin, and the Wopkaimin. The Oksapmin also live in this district. Notable ethnographic research by Geoffrey B. Saxe at UC Berkeley has documented the encounter between pre-contact uses of number and its cultural evolution under conditions of monetization and exposure to schooling and the formal economy among the Oksapmin.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Districts of Papua New Guinea at statoids.com
  2. ^ Especially The Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas [1]


5°07′44″S 141°38′10″E / 5.129°S 141.636°E / -5.129; 141.636