Kavieng
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 Papua New Guinea
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 New Ireland
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| Coordinates : | 2 ° 35 ′ S , 150 ° 48 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Residents : | 17,248 (2009) | ||
| Time zone : | AEST (UTC + 10) | ||
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Kavieng is a town on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea with 11,560 inhabitants and the capital of the province of New Ireland .
Kavieng is located on the North Cape of the island of New Ireland, the main island of the province of the same name. Its location on the current between the open waters of the Pacific and the Bismarck Sea has created a diverse underwater world. There is a daily connection from the small airport Kavieng to the capital Port Moresby . The Boluminski Highway runs from Kavieng 264 km along the east coast of the island to Namatanai .
Kavieng belonged to the German colony of German New Guinea from 1884 to 1914 , after which it was an Australian colony. In 1942, Kavieng was occupied by Japanese troops and became a base for the Japanese navy. The sinking of the Japanese heavy cruiser Kako on August 9, 1942, shortly before entering the port, became known. Kavieng was occupied by the Japanese until 1945, albeit militarily insignificant. After the end of the war, Kavieng fell into a "sleeping beauty slumber" and remained unnoticed for decades. After the independence of Papua New Guinea, a limited new development took place, so that the number of inhabitants has almost tripled since 1980.
Nevertheless, Kavieng is still described as a typical South Seas port like from a Somerset Maugham novel , small, sleepy and peaceful.
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