Lae, Papua New Guinea
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Welcome signs on approach from Nadzab airport
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 Lae
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| Coordinates: 6°44′S 147°0′E / 6.733°S 147.000°E | |
| Country |
 Papua New Guinea
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| Province | Morobe Province |
| District | Lae District |
| LLG | Lae Urban LLG |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 100,677 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Time zone | PGT (UTC+10) |
| Climate | Af |
Lae (English: /ˈlɑ.eɪ/, /ˈleɪ.i/) is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River and at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highlands region and the coast. Lae is the largest cargo port of the country and is the industrial hub of Papua New Guinea. The city is known as the Garden City and home of the University of Technology.
Lucas (1972) describes the history of Lae into four periods; the mission phase (1886–1920), the gold phase (1926 until World War II), the timber and agricultural phase (until 1965) and the industrial boom (from 1965 with the opening of the Highlands Highway
Between 1884 and 1918 the German New Guinea Company established trading posts in Kaiser Wilhelmsland, German New Guinea and on 12 July 1886, a German missionary, Johann Flierl, a pioneer missionary for the Southern Australian Lutheran Synod and the Neuendettelsau Mission Society, sailed to Simbang in Finschhafen, Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and arrived at Lae shortly after.
The mission society provided clergy and religious education for Lutheran settlements in Missouri, Iowa and Ohio, Australia, and anywhere else "free thinking" Lutherans had settled.
After World War I, Eastern New Guinea came under British control (Australia) and many of the Germanic names were replaced by English or Indigenous ones. Adolf Haven was then referred to as Morobe Harbor.
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