Arawa, Bougainville

Coordinates: 6°13′30″S 155°34′00″E / 6.22500°S 155.56667°E / -6.22500; 155.56667
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Arawa
Town
UTC+11 (BST)
Location22 km (14 mi) from Panguna
Mean max temp32 °C (90 °F)
Mean min temp23 °C (73 °F)
Annual rainfall3,037 mm (119.6 in)
ClimateAf

Arawa is the largest town and the former capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Arawa Rural LLG.[1]

The town was largely destroyed during the

Buka, though there are plans to rebuild Arawa and make it the capital again.[2]
The land where Arawa is now situated was previously a large expatriate plantation.

History

When

Bougainville Copper Ltd needed a civic headquarters for dealing with the local and national government instrumentalities, Arawa Plantation was an obvious candidate. It was in close proximity to Kieta, the historic district headquarters whose geographical location made expansion difficult. It was also close to new commercial port facilities at Loloho in Anewa Bay north of Arawa, in addition to the small longstanding port near Kieta, which allowed rural agricultural products to be loaded onto cargo ships. The extremely busy Aropa Airport
was south of Kieta, immediately adjacent to the sea.

The townsite was quickly developed through the 1970s and 1980s with

film theatre
.

Villagers throughout

United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
.

See also

References

  1. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  2. . Retrieved September 1, 2020 – via Google Books.