Lae

Related Category: Pacific Islands Political Geography

(lä´ē, lī), town (1990 pop. 88,172), Papua New Guinea, on NE New Guinea island, at the head of the Huon Gulf. Lae is an important administrative and commercial center of Papua New Guinea. Founded in 1927 to serve air transport into the Morobe gold fields in the mountainous interior, Lae has retained its importance as a transportation center.