the fore people live in the okapa district: a mountainous region in south-eastern papua new guinea. combined, the 20,000 members of the north and south fore live on approximately 400 square miles of land, almost all of which is steep mountain. of these 400 square miles, the majority belongs to the region belonging to the south fore, who make up the majority of the population. in this mountainous region, there is an average of over 90 inches of rainfall per year, much of which falls in the "rainy season", lasting from december to march.