Bougainville Island, Territory of New Guinea

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bougainville_Island,_Territory_of_New_Guinea
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:area 9318 km2
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:gold
copper
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Balbi
2685 m
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:German_New_Guinea
Australian administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bougainville Island, Territory of New Guinea
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Nasioi
gptkb:Halia
English
Tok Pisin
other Papuan and Austronesian languages
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Territory_of_New_Guinea
gptkb:Solomon_Islands_archipelago
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Buin
gptkb:Arawa
gptkb:Kieta
Tonu
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Panguna_mine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Bougainville_Province
gptkbp:population approx. 234,000 (2011 census)
gptkbp:separates Buka Island by Buka Passage
Choiseul Island by Bougainville Strait
Shortland Islands by Bougainville Strait
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Bougainville_Civil_War
World War II battles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Hellzapoppin_Ridge_and_Hill_600A
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7