Arawa (Papua New Guinea)

Arawa
Arawa
Coordinates	6 ° 14 ′  S , 155 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 6 ° 14 ′  S , 155 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Papua New Guinea
Autonomous Region	Bougainville
District	Kieta
Arawa (center of the picture not far from the coast)

Arawa is a city in Papua New Guinea , in the autonomous region of Bougainville on the island of Bougainville , the northernmost of the Solomon Islands . It is located approximately 990 km from Port Moresby , the capital of Papua New Guinea.

In the Bougainville conflict, the city was almost completely destroyed, which is why its function as capital was given up and relocated to Buka . Arawa had 36,443 inhabitants (census in 2000, 1980 there were 12,623) and in 2011 there were still 2,769 people living in the city.

Arawa has a health center and bank.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Quick facts. Autonomous Bougainville Government. Retrieved November 1, 2019.