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Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea . The provincial capital is Mount Hagen . The province covers an area of 8,500 km&2, and there are 440,025 inhabitants ( 2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and Coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm , the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.