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City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania

Daru

Western Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
15,214
#13
in Papua New Guinea
#31,042
worldwide
Port MoresbyDaru
-9.078, 143.209 · 435 km from Port Moresby
City population
15,214
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Papua New Guinea
#13
of 13 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#31,042
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Papua New Guinea
0.1%
of the national population

About Daru

Daru is a city in Western Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 15,214. It is the 13th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 31,042nd largest worldwide. It lies 435 km from Port Moresby.

Position in Papua New Guinea
#13of 13
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Region
Western Province
Distance to capital
to Port Moresby
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Coordinates
-9.078, 143.209
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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