City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Mendi
Southern Highlands Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
26,252
#8
in Papua New Guinea
#20,221
worldwide
-6.148, 143.656 · 534 km from Port Moresby
About Mendi
Mendi is a city in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 26,252. It is the 8th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 20,221st largest worldwide. It lies 534 km from Port Moresby.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Southern Highlands Province
Coordinates
-6.148, 143.656
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.
Nearby Cities
All 13 in Papua New GuineaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.