The Morobe Province is situated on the north coast of PNG mainland around the Huon Peninsula. It is one of the populous and diverse province interms of culture and geography. Inland Morobe is known for its agriculture and farming. Forestry and logging in the Wau Bulolo area once the home of miners during the gold rush history. Higher up is Garaina known for its organic tea production. The Markham Plains produces mainly cattle and laterly rice farming. From Kabwum one can travel to Sialum down the coast to Finschafen and by boat to Lae. Salamoa is further down the coast from Lae city.Home to Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Wau Ecological College,Balop Teachers College and other educational institutions, Morobe Province contributes immensely to PNG human resource development.
Lae is the industrial urban town in PNG. Manufacturing and steel industries as well as storage and transport services provide support to firms and companies operating in the highlands provinces. Lae city is link by road to Madang, Eastern Highlands to Western Highlands and others.In the center of PNG the Lae Port is the bussiest in the country and is vital to the PNG economy.
Morobe Provincial Assembly (Tutumang) comprises 28 local government presidents and 9 members of National Parliament representing the 9 districts in the province. The provincial member for Morobe, Hon. Luther Wenge is the governor and chairman of the Provincial Executive Council. The province total population is 539,404.
Morobe's biggest obsticle to development is the province geography. From ruggered mountains to flood plains, Markham River, Busu, Wasu, wet season, floods, landslide and rough seas you name it all, here in the land of the unexpected mother nature still has the upper hand.
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