Woodlark Island

Woodlark

Native name: Muyua, Muyuw
Woodlark Islands
Woodlark Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea)
Geography
Location	Solomon Sea
Coordinates	9°7′35″S 152°48′20″E / 9.12639°S 152.80556°E / -9.12639; 152.80556
Highest elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Highest point	Mount Kabat
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay Province
Largest settlement	Kulumadau (pop. 242 in 1990 (est. 2,500 in 2010 by unofficial census))
Demographics
Population	~1,700 (est. 6,000 in 2010 by unofficial census) (1990)

Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.

Although no formal census has been conducted since 1990, the current population is estimated at approximately 6,000 people (see section below on Population Issues). There is one primary school on the island (in Kulumadau) that teaches about 200 students (60 students are from outer islands); to attend high school/secondary school, all children must travel to Alotau on the mainland.^[1]