Laruma River

Laruma River is a watercourse on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands of the Pacific Ocean. ^[1] Located on the west coast of the island at the edge of the Keriaka Limestone Plateau, the Laruma drains into the Solomon Sea. ^[2] The mouth of the river lies north of village of Laruma (population 141 in 1972)^{[ citation needed ]} and south of Turupei. ^[2] The Laruma River marks the boundary between Bannoni language-speaking people to the south and Pivu language-speaking people to the north.^{[ citation needed ]} Circa 2001, the Laruma River valley had a population density of 14 people per km2. ^[3]

References

1. United States Board on Geographical Names; United States (1943). Gazetteer of Melanesia ... Washington, D. C.: War Dept., Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
2. Griffin, Helga-Maria; Regan, A. J. (2005). Bougainville before the conflict. Canberra : Sydney: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asia Studies, the Australian National University ; UNIREPS, University of New South Wales distributor. ISBN   978-1-74076-138-3.
3. Hanson, L. W.; Australian National University (2001). Papua New Guinea rural development handbook. Rural development handbook. Canberra, ACT: Land Management Group, Dept. of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-9579381-0-6.

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