Koinambe

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Koinambe
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Koinambe
Coordinates: 5°29′03″S144°35′55″E / 5.4843°S 144.5987°E / -5.4843; 144.5987
Country Papua New Guinea
Province Jiwaka Province
District Jimi District
Population
 (1973)
 • Total333

Koinambe is a village in the Jimi District of Jiwaka Province in Papua New Guinea. Its population was 333 in 1973. [1] The village is served by Koinambe Airport [2] and Koinambe Hospital. [3]

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In 1969, the Anglican missionary organisations the Rotary Club of Worcester South and Voluntary Service Overseas performed aid activities in the village. One of the intentions was to aid children of the village with a goitre-associated condition which affected 1 in 4 of them. [4]

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In 2011, a secondary school for the village built by the Anglican mission was opened. The school is named St Felix Anglican High School. [5]

The hospital serving the village was established by the Anglican missionaries. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Healey, Christopher J. (1973). Hunting of birds of paradise and trade in plumes in the Jimi Valley, Western Highlands District. Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Papua and New Guinea. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Heck, Andre (2004-04-30). StarBriefs Plus: A Dictionary of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols in Astronomy and Related Space Sciences. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 543. ISBN   9781402019258.
  3. ↑ Healey, Christopher J. (1990). Maring Hunters and Traders: Production and Exchange in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. University of California Press. p. 25. ISBN   9780520068407.
  4. ↑ International, Rotary (1975-07-01). The Rotarian. Rotary International. p. 36.
  5. ↑ "New high school for Koinambe - The National". The National. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  6. ↑ Frankel, Stephen; Lewis, Gilbert (2012-12-06). A Continuing Trial of Treatment: Medical Pluralism in Papua New Guinea. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 400. ISBN   9789400927315.
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