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Kavieng
Papua New Guinea
Kavieng, chief port of the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located on Balgai Bay at the islandās northern tip, it is a port of call for interisland and Australian shipping and handles copra, cocoa, and trochus and green snail shells (for buttons). The coral-surfaced 120-mile (193-km) East Coast Road links Kavieng with coastal plantations and villages, and the town has air facilities to other parts of the country. Occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Kavieng was frequently bombed by Allied aircraft in 1943ā44. Pop. (2000) 11,560.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.
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