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Lorengau

Oceania

Lorengau is the capital of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, on the edge of Seeadler Harbour on Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands. Japanese forces occupied the island in April 1942 and built an airstrip there before Allied forces retook it and the Americans developed a major naval base at nearby Lombrum and an airfield at Momote to support the Philippines campaign. Today Lorengau remains the provincial administrative hub, governed under the Lorengau Urban Local Level Government, with a 2013 census population of about 6,313.

Facts
Population
5806 1
Founding Year
2007 2
Elevation (m)
40 2
Latitude
2.020833 degrees south 2
Longitude
147.266667 degrees east 2
Sources
1. GeoNames: Lorengau
GeoNames geonameid 2092164 (Lorengau), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Lorengau (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -2.020833, longitude 147.266667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 40 m
View the Source
Wikidata: Lorengau
Wikidata Q1017430, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Lorengau (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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