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Buka

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Buka is a town on the southern coast of Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is the capital of North Bougainville District and serves as the interim capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

Facts
Population
11,000 1
Latitude
5.42194 degrees south 1
Longitude
154.67278 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+11:00 2
Sources
1. Buka (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, coordinates latitude
    5°25′19″S 154°40′22″E / 5.42194°S 154.67278°E / -5.42194; 154.67278
  • Infobox, coordinates longitude
    5°25′19″S 154°40′22″E / 5.42194°S 154.67278°E / -5.42194; 154.67278
  • Infobox: population_total
    11000
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2. GeoNames: Buka - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 8714539
    -5.43261 154.67098 P PPLA PG 07 0 2 Pacific/Bougainville
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 2 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, 154.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, 154.75
-5.25 154.75 Af
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Wikidata: Buka
Wikidata Q2482800, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Buka (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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