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Lae

Lae is a city in the Huon Gulf region of Papua New Guinea. Lae is PNG's second city, after the capital Port Moresby and its main economic hub as most of the production from the country's Highlands area is exported through the city, transported along the Highlands Highway. Wikivoyage

Population 100,677 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Papua New Guinea

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Papua New Guinea

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Lae. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 3 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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