Autonomous Region of Bougainville

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The Autonomous Region of Bougainville is a self-governing region of Papua New Guinea comprising Bougainville Island and surrounding islands, known for its distinct Melanesian culture and ongoing political process toward potential independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region ⓘ
first-level administrative division of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
autonomyBasedOn Bougainville Peace Agreement ⓘ
borderingWaterBody Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Sea ⓘ
capital Buka ⓘ
conflict Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
conflictDuration late 1980s to late 1990s ⓘ
contains Bougainville Island ⓘ
Buka Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carteret Islands ⓘ
linked to: Hermit Islands

Nissan Island ⓘ
Shortland Islands ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
currency Papua New Guinean kina ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic high linguistic diversity ⓘ
establishedAsAutonomousRegion 2005 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bougainvilleans ⓘ
Melanesians ⓘ
formerName North Solomons Province ⓘ
governmentType autonomous parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Emblem of Bougainville ⓘ
hasFlag Flag of Bougainville ⓘ
hasLegislature Bougainville House of Representatives ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Hiri Motu ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasReferendum 2019 Bougainville independence referendum ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
independenceProcess ongoing negotiations with Papua New Guinea government ⓘ
knownFor distinct Melanesian culture ⓘ
large copper and gold deposits at Panguna mine ⓘ
largestCity Arawa ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands

South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity cocoa production ⓘ
copra production ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
neighboringEntity Solomon Islands ⓘ
partOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
peaceAgreementSigned 2001 ⓘ
politicalStatus self-governing region within Papua New Guinea ⓘ
referendumResult overwhelming support for independence ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ

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Referenced by (112)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Solomonic languages → spokenIn → Bougainville region ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bougainville Island → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Island → largestIslandOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Takuan Group → isPartOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainvilleans → primaryLocation → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainvilleans → governingBody → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Panguna mine → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Civil War → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bagana → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Buin people → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Nasioi people → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Mount Balbi → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Mount Balbi → isHighestPointOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Nuguria → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Nukumanu → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Nukumanu → administrativeDivision → North Bougainville District ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Takuu → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Takuu → administrativeDivision → North Bougainville District ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Takuu → governedBy → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bougainville Standard Time → usedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Standard Time → countrySubdivision → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Standard Time → isObservedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
government of Papua New Guinea → hasSubnationalUnits → autonomous region of Bougainville ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → comprises → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Green Islands → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Buka Island → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Cape Torokina → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Crown Prince Range → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
North Solomons → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville (territory) ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
North Solomons → formerNameOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
2019 Bougainville independence referendum → location → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
2019 Bougainville independence referendum → administeredBy → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
2019 Bougainville independence referendum → region → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainvillean communities in Australia → primaryHomeland → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Copper Limited → locationOfOperations → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Central Bougainville District → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Central Bougainville District → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Central Bougainville District → governedAsPartOf → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Panguna area → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Panguna area → governedBy → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Arawa → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Arawa → partOf → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Arawa → governedBy → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Panguna → locatedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
subject linked to: Panguna town
Panguna → governedBy → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
subject linked to: Panguna town
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Panguna → countrySubdivision → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
subject linked to: Panguna town
Bougainville Peace Agreement → resultedIn → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Peace Agreement → resultedIn → Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
linked to: Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Arawa peace talks → hasRegion → Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ