Aitape is a coastal town in Sandaun (West Sepik) Province on Papua New Guinea's north coast, roughly midway between the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo. American forces captured it in April 1944 during World War II, and Australian troops then fought the final mainland campaign of the war from Aitape through to Japan's surrender in 1945. In July 1998 a magnitude 7.0 offshore earthquake triggered an undersea landslide and a tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people along this coast, with the worst destruction at nearby Warapu village.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Aitape (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 6,931 (2013)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -3.133333, longitude 142.35
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 4 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 6931 (2013)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Aitape - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2101169
-3.13697 142.34913 P PPL PG 18 5547 7 Pacific/Port_Moresby
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 7 m
View the Source 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 -3.25, 142.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, 142.25
-3.25 142.25 Af
Aitape (Wikipedia)
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