City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Wewak
East Sepik Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
18,230
#11
in Papua New Guinea
#27,277
worldwide
-3.550, 143.632 · 765 km from Port Moresby
About Wewak
Wewak is a city in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 18,230. It is the 11th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 27,277th largest worldwide. It lies 765 km from Port Moresby.
Key Facts
Country
Region
East Sepik Province
Elevation
44 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Coordinates
-3.550, 143.632
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.