Bereina is a town in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the Hiritano Highway about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-west of Port Moresby, and contains the headquarters of both the Kairuku-Hiri District and the Kairuku Rural local-level government area. Bereina also hosts a regional airport and a district town for the people of Kairuku Rural Area.
Bereina | |
|---|---|
  Bereina Location within Papua New Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 8°38′16″S 146°30′39″E / 8.6377°S 146.51082°E | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kairuku-Hiri District |
| LLG | Kairuku Rural LLG |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 1,756 |
| Languages | |
| • Main languages | English, Tok Pisin, Roro |
| • Traditional language | Roro |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
| Postcode | 161 |
| Location | 161 km (100 mi) NW of Port Moresby |
| Climate | Aw |
Education
editBereina is home to three elementary schools and one primary school. A short distance to the south is Mainohana Catholic High School, a De La Salle Year 9–12 school established in 1958.
Climate
editBereina has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with heavy rainfall from December to April and moderate to little rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Bereina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 236 (9.3) |
225 (8.9) |
221 (8.7) |
131 (5.2) |
67 (2.6) |
37 (1.5) |
24 (0.9) |
27 (1.1) |
43 (1.7) |
50 (2.0) |
50 (2.0) |
148 (5.8) |
1,259 (49.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Climate: Bereina". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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