Tanir Rural LLG

Location of The Tanir Rural LLG in the Namatanai District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea

The Tanir Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Tanga Islands and the Feni Islands. Tanir is a portmanteau word from the two island names which are Tanga and Anir.

The current LLG president is Alfred Lafen from Tanga Islands. Population is 12,466(Tanga Islands is 9,033, Feni/Anir Islands is 3,433) as per 2011 Papua New Guinea Census Report. Two languages spoken here, split from Tangga language with the Niwer Mil language spoken on Tanga Islands and Warwar Feni language spoken on Feni Islands. There are 12 tribes in the Tanir Rural LLG. They are Fasambo(Pig), Felomat(Parrot), Tasik(Eagle), Korofi(Rooster), Ku(Pigeon), Tuneman(Chough), Eski(Bird), Firfir(Dog),Fali(Kingfisher), Pen(Rat) , Waf( Flying Fox) and Tulefaleng(Sea Eagle).

References

Foster, Robert J., Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tangga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Niwer Mil (Tangga Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Warwar Feni (Feni Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

LLGs and Districts of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea
Kavieng District	Kavieng Urban Tikana Rural Lavongai Rural Murat Rural
Namatanai District	Namatanai Rural Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Konoagil Rural Nimamar Rural Tanir Rural

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