Tabubil
Tabubil | ||
State : | Papua New Guinea | |
Province : | Western Province | |
Founded : | 1972 | |
Coordinates : | 5 ° 17 ′ S , 141 ° 14 ′ E | |
Height : | 457 m | |
Residents : | 13,800 (2005) | |
Time zone : | AEST (UTC + 10) | |
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Tabubil is a town in North Fly District ( Papua New Guinea ). With 13,500 inhabitants it is just outside the provincial capital Daru , the largest settlement in the Western Province .
The center of the island New Guinea about 20 km east of the border with the Indonesian part of the island located Tabubil is a mining town a planned city in the jungle , the mining companies for the nearby gold and copper mine Ok Tedi the Ok Tedi Mining Limited was created.
The annual rainfall in Tabubil averages 8000 mm.