Kalagunan | |
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Village | |
  Kalagunan Location | |
| Coordinates: 3°29′S152°5′E / 3.483°S 152.083°E Coordinates: 3°29′S152°5′E / 3.483°S 152.083°E | |
| Country |  Papua New Guinea |
| Province | New Ireland Province |
| District | Namatanai District |
Kalagunan is a village on the west coast of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. There is a point here known as Kalagunan Point [1] It is located in Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG. [2]
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. It is the world's third largest island country with 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi).
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from New Guinea island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Tonga.
West Papua is a province of Indonesia. It covers the two western peninsulas of the island of New Guinea, Bird's Head Peninsula and Bomberai Peninsula, along with nearby islands. The province is bordered to the north by the Pacific Ocean, to the west by the Halmahera Sea and the Ceram Sea, to the south by the Banda Sea, and to the east by the province of Papua and the Cenderawasih Bay. Manokwari is the province's capital, while Sorong is its largest city. West Papua is the second-least populous province in Indonesia, with a population of 760,422 according to the 2010 census by Statistics Indonesia; the latest official estimate is 963,600.
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, is the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region is also called West Papua. Lying to the west of the independent state of Papua New Guinea, it is the one of the few Indonesian territories to be situated in Oceania. Considered to be a part of the Australian continent, the territory is mostly in the Southern Hemisphere and also includes nearby islands, including the Schouten and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with ancient rainforest where numerous traditional tribes live, such as the Dani of the Baliem Valley, although a large proportion of the population live in or near coastal areas, with the largest city being Jayapura.
The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea is a province of the Anglican Communion. It was created in 1976 when the Province of Papua New Guinea became independent from the Province of Queensland in the Church of England in Australia following Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975.
Bukawa is an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Papua New Guinea:
The Turama–Kikorian languages are a family identified by Arthur Capell (1962) and part of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) family in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The family is named after the Turama River and Kikori River of southern Papua New Guinea; the alternative name is based more narrowly on the Omati River.
New Guinea is the world's second-largest island and, with an area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi), the largest island in the Southern Hemisphere. Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, it is separated by the 150-kilometre wide Torres Strait from the Australian continent. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent state of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea or West Papua, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Papua and West Papua.
Nadzab Village is in the Markham Valley, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea on the Highlands Highway. Administratively, it is located in Gabsongkeg ward of Wampar Rural LLG. The Nadzab Airport is located East of Nadzab Village and was the site of the only Allied paratrooper assault in New Guinea on 5 September 1943.
The Yam languages, also known as the Morehead River languages, are a family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian West Papua.
Vunakapeake is a village located on the north coast of the Gazelle Peninsula on the island of New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The village lies to the east of Lassul Bay and to the west of Ataliklikun Bay.
Mondrabet is a large village on the island of New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The village lies in the south-western part of the Gazelle Peninsula, to the east of coastal village of Torin, upstream along the Torin River near its confluence with another river. It is also connected by dirt road to Matanakunai on the coast in the south-west.
Labur is a village on the west coast of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It is located to the south of Kalagunan, on Labur Bay. It is located in Namatanai Rural LLG.
Baudisson Island is an island of Papua New Guinea, located south of New Hanover Island and west of the northern part of New Ireland. It is located between Selapiu Island and Manne Island. There is a plantation on the island.
Big Ndrova Island, sometimes called simply Ndrova Island, is an island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, one of the Admiralty Islands.
Little Ndrova Island, also called Ndawara Islet, is an island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, one of the Admiralty Islands.
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