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data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8A%D0%BB%D1%84_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Гълф (провинция) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гълф (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Province" title="Gulf Province – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gulf Province" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Golfo" title="Provinco Golfo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Golfo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkoa_(Papua_Ginea_Berria)" title="Golkoa (Papua Ginea Berria) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Golkoa (Papua Ginea Berria)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC" title="استان خلیج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان خلیج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfe_(Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin%C3%A9e)" title="Golfe (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Golfe (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gulf" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B1%B8%ED%94%84%EC%A3%BC" title="걸프주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="걸프주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Gulf" title="Provinsi Gulf – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Gulf" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_del_Golfo" title="Provincia del Golfo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia del Golfo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="გალფის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გალფის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%AElankos_provincija" title="Įlankos provincija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Įlankos provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_(provincie)" title="Gulf (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gulf (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_Province&params=7_20_S_145_0_E_region:PG_type:city(158197)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°20′S</span> <span class="longitude">145°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.333°S 145.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-7.333; 145.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerema" title="Kerema">Kerema</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_and_LLGs_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kerema_District" title="Kerema District">Kerema District</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kikori_District" title="Kikori District">Kikori District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Chris Haiveta 2017-current</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">34,472 km<sup>2</sup> (13,310 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011 census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">158,197</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4.6/km<sup>2</sup> (12/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">AEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2018)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.510<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#900">low</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_provinces_of_Papua_New_Guinea_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of provinces of Papua New Guinea by Human Development Index">19th of 22</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gulf Province</b> is a province of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is <a href="/wiki/Kerema" title="Kerema">Kerema</a>. The 34,472 km<sup>2</sup> province is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountains</a>, lowland <a href="/wiki/River_delta" title="River delta">river deltas</a>, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the <a href="/wiki/Kikori_River" title="Kikori River">Kikori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turama_River" title="Turama River">Turama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purari_River" title="Purari River">Purari</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vailala_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vailala River (page does not exist)">Vailala</a> rivers meet the <a href="/wiki/Papuan_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Papuan Gulf">Papuan Gulf</a>. The province has the second-smallest population of all the provinces of Papua New Guinea with 106,898 inhabitants (2000 census). The province shares land borders with <a href="/wiki/Western_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Western Province (Papua New Guinea)">Western Province</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Highlands_Province" title="Southern Highlands Province">Southern Highlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chimbu_Province" title="Chimbu Province">Chimbu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Highlands_Province" title="Eastern Highlands Province">Eastern Highlands</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Morobe_Province" title="Morobe Province">Morobe Province</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Central Province (Papua New Guinea)">Central Province</a> to the southeast. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts_and_LLGs">Districts and LLGs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Districts and LLGs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="400"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>District Capital</th> <th>LLG Name </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Kerema_District" title="Kerema District">Kerema District</a> </th> <th rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Kerema" title="Kerema">Kerema</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Kerema_Rural_LLG" title="Central Kerema Rural LLG">Central Kerema Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Kerema_Rural_LLG" title="East Kerema Rural LLG">East Kerema Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaintiba_Rural_LLG" title="Kaintiba Rural LLG">Kaintiba Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerema_Urban_LLG" title="Kerema Urban LLG">Kerema Urban</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotidanga_Rural_LLG" title="Kotidanga Rural LLG">Kotidanga Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakekamu-Tauri_Rural_LLG" title="Lakekamu-Tauri Rural LLG">Lakekamu-Tauri Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Kikori_District" title="Kikori District">Kikori District</a> </th> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Kikori" title="Kikori">Kikori</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Baimuru_Rural_LLG" title="Baimuru Rural LLG">Baimuru Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Kikori_Rural_LLG" title="East Kikori Rural LLG">East Kikori Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ihu_Rural_LLG" title="Ihu Rural LLG">Ihu Rural</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Kikori_Rural_LLG" title="West Kikori Rural LLG">West Kikori Rural</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_leaders">Provincial leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provincial leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1978 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by a position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the <a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">National Parliament of Papua New Guinea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premiers_(1978–1995)"><span id="Premiers_.281978.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Premiers (1978–1995)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Premiers (1978–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Premier</b> </th> <th><b>Term</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ope_Oeake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ope Oeake (page does not exist)">Ope Oeake</a></td> <td>1978–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sepoe_Karava&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sepoe Karava (page does not exist)">Sepoe Karava</a></td> <td>1980–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Malaisa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Malaisa (page does not exist)">Francis Malaisa</a></td> <td>1985–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Koraea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Koraea (page does not exist)">Tom Koraea</a></td> <td>1987–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sepoe_Karava&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sepoe Karava (page does not exist)">Sepoe Karava</a></td> <td>1990–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Apio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Apio (page does not exist)">Paul Apio</a></td> <td>1992–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>provincial government suspended</i></td> <td>1993–1995 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors_(1995–present)"><span id="Governors_.281995.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Governors (1995–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governors (1995–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Governor</b> </th> <th><b>Term</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Koraea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Koraea (page does not exist)">Tom Koraea</a></td> <td>1995–1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Haiveta" title="Chris Haiveta">Chris Haiveta</a></td> <td>1997–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riddler_Kimave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riddler Kimave (page does not exist)">Riddler Kimave</a></td> <td>1998–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Haiveta" title="Chris Haiveta">Chris Haiveta</a></td> <td>2002–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Havila_Kavo" title="Havila Kavo">Havila Kavo</a></td> <td>2007–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Haiveta" title="Chris Haiveta">Chris Haiveta</a></td> <td>2017–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_the_National_Parliament">Members of the National Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Members of the National Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province and each district is represented by a Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">National Parliament</a>. There is one provincial <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">electorate</a> and each district is an open electorate. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Electorate</b> </th> <th><b>Member</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Gulf Provincial</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Haiveta" title="Chris Haiveta">Chris Haiveta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerema_District" title="Kerema District">Kerema Open</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Opa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Opa (page does not exist)">Thomas Opa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kikori_District" title="Kikori District">Kikori Open</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soroi_Marepo_Eoe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soroi Marepo Eoe (page does not exist)">Soroi Marepo Eoe</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GlobalDataLab-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/">"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab"</a>. <i>hdi.globaldatalab.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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