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Kundiawa
Papua New Guinea
Kundiawa, town, central Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The town, built on an old Lutheran mission site, is located on a pine-covered hilltop surrounded by mountains, waterfalls, coffee plantations, and vegetable gardens. It is a trading centre for the surrounding highlands and receives power from the Ramu River hydroelectric project. A coffee-processing factory and sawmills are nearby, and cattle are raised. Kundiawa has an airport and lies on the Highlands Highway, which extends southeast to Lae on the Huon Gulf. Pop. (2000) 8,147.
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