Buka (city)

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Buka Town
Buka
Buka (Papua New Guinea)
Buka
Buka
Coordinates 5 ° 26 ′  S , 154 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 26 ′  S , 154 ° 40 ′  E
Basic data
Country Papua New Guinea

Autonomous Region

Bougainville
District Buka
ISO 3166-2 PG-NSB
Constituency Tsitalto
Bougainville (left) and Buka (right) (1944)

Buka , officially English Buka Town , is the only city in the Papua New Guinean autonomous region of Bougainville . It is also the administrative center of the region and, in the event of independence , would become the capital based on a referendum in 2019 .

The city is located on the island of Buka in the district Buka , constituency Tsitalto at the same straits .

With Buka Airport, Buka has an airport that was mainly used during World War II .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Quick Facts. Autonomous Bougainville Government. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Bougainville Island. official map, Autonomous Bougainville Government. Retrieved October 12, 2018.