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Bách khoa toàn thư nền nông nghiệp thế giới - Châu Úc - Vần F | Foi 59 Schiefenhövel W. 1988 . Geburtsverhalten und reproduktive Strategien der Eipo Ergebnisse humanethologischer und ethn-medizinischer Untersuchungen im zentralen Bergland von Irian Jaya West-Neuguinea Indonesien. Mensch Kultur und Umwelt im zentralen Bergland von West-Neuguinea no. 16. Berlin D. Reimer. WULF SCHIEFENHÖVEL Foi ETHNONYMS Fiwaga Foe Foi i Kutubuans Mobi Mubi Orientation Identification. The Foi inhabit the Mubi River Valley and the shores of Lake Kutubu on the fringe of the southern highlands in Papua New Guinea. They divide themselves into three subgroups the gurubumena or Kutubu people the awamena the middle-Mubi Valley dwellers and the foimena proper the so-called Lower Foi who reside near the junction of the Mubi and Kikori rivers. The term Foi formerly applied to the common language of all three subgroups. It was subsequently employed as an ethnonym by the first missionaries. Location. Most members of the Foi population inhabit the banks of the middle reaches of the Mubi River between approximately 143 25 and 143 35 E and between 6 27 and 6s30 S. The alluvial Mubi River Valley is approximately 670 meters in altitude and abuts the higher ranges of the central highlands in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The region is in every sense intermediate between the highlands valleys to the north and the coastal regions of the Gulf Province to the south. The southeasterly monsoon brings considerable rainfall during the middle months of the year while the months between October and March are relatively drier. Demography. The 1979 Papua New Guinea National Census counted some 4 000 Foi and accounted for another 400 Foi living elsewhere in the country. Foi territory comprises 1 689 square kilometers and the population density is persons per square kilometer. However the Foi settlement area is restricted to the banks of the