City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Popondetta
Oro Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
28,198
#5
in Papua New Guinea
#19,043
worldwide
-8.765, 148.233 · 143 km from Port Moresby
About Popondetta
Popondetta is a city in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 28,198. It is the 5th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 19,043rd largest worldwide. It lies 143 km from Port Moresby.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Oro Province
Elevation
106 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Coordinates
-8.765, 148.233
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.
Nearby Cities
All 13 in Papua New GuineaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.