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HMAS Aitape was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It was named for the small town of Aitape, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Completed in 1967, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea (PNG) Division. The patrol boat was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force in 1974 as HMPNGS Aitape. She remained active until 1982, when she was removed from service for use as a parts hulk. Aitape was scuttled off Port Moresby for use as a dive wreck in 1995.
Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the highway between these two capitals. Aitape has 240 V power, telephone, a bank, a post-office, a courthouse and a police station, a supermarket and many tradestores, a petrol station, two airstrips, two secondary schools, a mission office and a hospital.
Bauni is a language spoken in Barupu (Warapu) village of West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Landing at Aitape was a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. American and Allied forces undertook an amphibious landing on 22 April 1944 at Aitape on northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The amphibious landing was undertaken simultaneously with the landings at Humboldt and Tanahmerah Bays to secure Hollandia to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak. Operations in the area to consolidate the landing continued until 4 May, although US and Japanese forces fought further actions in western New Guinea following a Japanese counter-offensive that lasted until early August 1944. Aitape was subsequently developed into an Allied base of operations and was used by Australian forces throughout late 1944 and into 1945 during the Aitape–Wewak campaign.
Tadji Airport is an airfield serving Tadji, near Aitape, in the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea.
Aitape Airport is an airfield in Aitape, in the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. There is another airstrip at Tadji about 10 km to the east, where most flights land.
Aitape-Lumi District is a district of Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Aitape. The provincial administration is called the Sandaun Provincial Administration. The provincial capital is Vanimo, about 200 km up the northwest coastline.
Yerakai (Yerekai) is a Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua-New Guinea. It is highly divergent from other Sepik languages, being only 6% cognate with other Middle Sepik languages. Glottolog leaves it unclassified.
Bumbita is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea spoken mainly by older adults, unlike other Arapesh languages. Dialects are Bonahoi, Urita, Timingir, Weril, Werir. It is spoken in 13 villages of Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Abuʼ, also known as Ua, is an Arapesh language of Papua New Guinea. Speakers are shifting to Tok Pisin.
Yakamul, also known as Kap or Ali, is an Austronesian language spoken in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the village of Yakamul on the north coast and on the islands of Ali, Angel, and Seleo islands.
Ulau-Suain is an Austronesian language of coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Ulau 1, Ulau 2, and Suain wards of East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
Tumleo is an Austronesian language of coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tumleo Island and the Aitape coast in East Aitape Rural LLG.
Malol is an Austronesian language of the Malol village area in Mainyen ward, West Aitape Rural LLG, coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Arop-Sissano, or Arop, is an Austronesian language of Arop village in West Aitape Rural LLG, coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
East Aitape Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Arapesh and Schouten languages are spoken in this LLG.
Uni (Ramo) is a Skou language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Ramo village of West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, located near the border with Indonesia.
Tumleo or Tumeleo is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Ali Island is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Seleo Island is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
References
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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