Bougainville, Solomon Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bougainville,_Solomon_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:area 9318 km²
gptkbp:climate gptkb:tropical_rainforest
gptkbp:country gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:formerColonyOf gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:gold
copper
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Balbi
2685 m
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Bougainville_Civil_War
World War II battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bougainville, Solomon Islands
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Buka
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Solomon_Islands_archipelago
Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Bougainvillean_languages
English
Hiri Motu
Tok Pisin
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Panguna_mine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville
gptkb:Bougainville_Province
gptkbp:population approx. 300,000 (2020s)
gptkbp:referendumResult 2019 independence referendum
gptkbp:status gptkb:Autonomous_Region_of_Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:timezone Bougainville Standard Time (UTC+11)
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yamamoto_Isoroku
gptkb:Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5