Buiari Island

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Buiari Island
Native name:
Weitoa Island
Nickname: O'Neil Island
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Buiari Island
Location within Papua New Guinea
Geography
Location Oceania
Coordinates 10°40′19″S150°55′55″E / 10.67194°S 150.93194°E / -10.67194; 150.93194 Coordinates: 10°40′19″S150°55′55″E / 10.67194°S 150.93194°E / -10.67194; 150.93194 [1]
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to Solomon Sea
Total islands1
Major islands
  • Buiari
Area3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Length2.4 km (1.49 mi)
Width1.7 km (1.06 mi)
Coastline8.6 km (5.34 mi)
Highest elevation580 ft (177 m)
Highest pointMount Buiari
Administration
Province Flag of Milne Bay.svg  Milne Bay
Island Group Samarai Islands
Island Group Sideia Islands
Ward Buiari Ward
Largest settlementBuiari(pop. 400)
Demographics
Population500 (2014)
Pop. density156/km2 (404/sq mi)
Ethnic groups Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone
ISO code PG-MBA
Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg

Buiari Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Administration

The island is part of Buiari Ward (which also includes some tiny villages on near Basilaki island. The ward belong to Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG, Samarai-Murua District, which are in Milne Bay Province. [2]

Geography

Buiari is located Southwest of Basilaki, and is part of the Basilaki group, itself a part of Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago.

Demographics

The population of 500 is living in 2 villages across the island. [3] The most important one, and where the dock is located, is Buiari, and is on the north coast facing Basilaki. The smaller one, Numodubo, is in the central plateau

Economy

The islanders, are farmers as opposed to eastern Louisiade Archipelago islanders. they grow Sago, Taro, and Yams for crops.

Transportation

There is a dock at Buiari.

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References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
  2. ↑ "LLG map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  3. ↑ "map". Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.


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