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Papua New Guinea's province of West New Britain is named after it. Kimbe is the provincial capital. The area has a total size of 20,387 km2 and a population of 264,264 people, according to the 2011 census. East New Britain is the province's only land boundary. The Nakanai [ja], Bakovi, Kove, Unea, Maleu, and arowe are seven prominent tribes that speak roughly 25 languages. In Papua New Guinea, people from West New Britain are referred to as 'Kombes', a metonymic reference to the prominent Kove (or Kombe) people. During the 1960s, anthropologist Ann Chowning wrote about the Kove people for National Geographic magazine. They are known in Papua New Guinea for their practice of circumcision of the penis — circumcision is commonly but incorrectly referred to as 'the Kombe cut' among Papua New Guineans — but it was previously done. In other northern coastal districts of New Guinea island and the New Guinea Islands.
There is a significant Anglican presence in the province's far west, but the province's primary religious affiliation is Roman Catholic. Bishop James Ayong, the retiring Anglican Primate of Papua New Guinea, is originally from West New Britain.
With huge oil palm plantations on the province's north coast, particularly in the Kimbe district, West New Britain produces palm oil for export. Logging is taking place in the interior and on the south shore. The Walindi dive resort, located near Kimbe, is a popular tourist attraction in Papua New Guinea.
The marine life in West New Britain's seas is incredible. Many people who have scuba dived, snorkelled, or kayaked in Kimbe Bay would tell you it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. The numbers back this up since Kimbe Bay's coral reefs are home to over 900 different fish species.
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Many industries, such as palm oil, cocoa, logging, and coconut plantations, are centred around Kimbe town. Many of these items are dispatched from Kimbe's main port. New Britain Palm Oil Limited, or NBPOL, is the largest industry in West New Britain and Papua New Guinea, and it also owns Ramu Agriculture. Mosa, a little town around 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from Kimbe's central area, is where the company's headquarters are.
The company plants oil palm trees and then extracts palm oil from the fruit, which is used in various goods such as cooking oil, shampoo, detergent, body lotions, and moisturizers. Four oil mills and one refinery generate the oil. Mosa Oil Mill, Kumbango Oil Mill, Numundo Oil Mill, Kapiura Oil Mill, Kumbungo Kernal Mill, and Kumbungo Oil Refinery are the mills' names. The corporation also owns a cow ranch, which provides food for the surrounding area. The company's employees are compensated and receive free electricity, water, television, and accommodation.
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Kimbe Bay is a world-famous scuba diving destination, home to a complex marine ecosystem including coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, deep ocean waters, and seamounts. The bay is home to 76 per cent of the world's coral species, and over 900 kinds of fish have been found. Human activity has mostly spared the coral reef populations. The area has become vital for marine science study, with a long-term conservation policy to safeguard the fragile environment. In the bay's waters, whales, dolphins, and sharks feed and breed.
Welcome to Papua New Guinea's Walindi Plantation Resort. Max and Cecilie Benjamin had the idea to build the resort after a diving vacation overseas in 1978 and quickly recognized the incredible marine life of Kimbe Bay, which was just in their backyard. Walindi Plantation Resort, which opened on the banks of Kimbe Bay in 1983, is a three-generation family-owned resort. The resort has expanded to include 20 rooms, two-day diving boats, and connections to two liveaboard dive boats. Bird watching, WW2 history, village visits, thermal hot river swimming, volcano climbs, as well as scuba diving and snorkelling, have expanded the resort's footprint to include many PNG, traditional resource owners.
Kimbe Bay is located on the north shore of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea in West New Britain. The bay is part of the Coral Triangle, which spans 2.3 million square miles of ocean and is home to the world's most diverse marine life. Kimbe Bay is breathtaking, with thick vegetation-covered islands with high peaks plunging into a gorgeous blue, coral reef-rich ocean. With low-lying islets sprinkled throughout the bay as a backdrop—a true ocean lover's paradise. There isn't much to do here besides appreciate the bay's thriving marine ecosystem and breathtaking natural beauties, so if your ideal dive excursion is to unwind in the peace of a remote tropical paradise, Kimbe Bay is the place.