Arawa, Bougainville
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Arawa | |
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Town | |
UTC+11 (BST) | |
Location | 22 km (14 mi) from Panguna |
Mean max temp | 32 °C (90 °F) |
Mean min temp | 23 °C (73 °F) |
Annual rainfall | 3,037 mm (119.6 in) |
Climate | Af |
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
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ISBN 9781910068649. Retrieved September 1, 2020 – via Google Books.