Arawa

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Arawa is a town on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea that served as the former provincial capital and a key service and administrative center for the surrounding mining region.

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Arawa canonical 13

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry copper mining ⓘ
associatedWithMine Panguna mine ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
countryCapitalOf former North Solomons Province ⓘ
developedFor supporting Panguna copper mine operations ⓘ
formerRole provincial capital of Bougainville ⓘ
governedBy Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasLanguageInCommunity English ⓘ
Hiri Motu ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Solomon Sea ⓘ
hasNearbyPort Kieta port ⓘ
hasPostalCountryCode PG ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity administration ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
historicalEvent affected by Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
historicalRole administrative centre during Bougainville mining boom ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Island ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
locatedInCountrySubdivision Bougainville Province ⓘ
locatedInOceanicRegion Melanesia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
locatedNear Aropa Airport ⓘ
linked to: Tokua Airport
locatedOnCoastOf Bougainville Island east coast ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Island
locatedOnIsland Bougainville ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Island
nearbySettlement Kieta ⓘ
Panguna ⓘ
partOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
regionType urban centre ⓘ
role administrative centre for surrounding mining region ⓘ
service centre for surrounding mining region ⓘ
transportConnection Aropa Airport ⓘ
linked to: Tokua Airport
usesCurrency Papua New Guinean kina ⓘ

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