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Arawa

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Arawa is the largest town and former capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, developed from the 1970s as the civic headquarters of Bougainville Copper Ltd. It had a population of 36,443 at the 2000 census, then Papua New Guinea's fourth largest town, but was heavily damaged during the Bougainville Civil War, after which the capital moved to Buka.

Facts
Population
36,443 1
Founding Year
1884 2
Population Estimate Year
2000 1
Latitude
6.225 degrees south 1
Longitude
155.56667 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Arawa, Bougainville, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: population_total
    36,443
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2000
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    6.22500°S 155.56667°E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    6.22500°S 155.56667°E
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2. Arawa, Bougainville (Wikipedia)
infobox established_date field: "Established: 1884" (whitelist term 'Established', no admin/political blacklist term)View the Source
Arawa (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Oceania (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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