Arawa - Arawa (English spelling)

Japanese: アラワ - あらわ(英語表記)Arawa
Arawa - Arawa (English spelling)

The central city of Bougainville Island, located at the eastern end of Papua New Guinea. Population 36,443 (2000). Built and rapidly growing due to the large-scale copper resource development on the island, it has served as the administrative center of North Solomon Province, which includes the island, since 1972. It functions as a single city with the former administrative center Kieta, the mining town of Panguna, and Loloho, which is home to a thermal power plant and an ore shipping port.

[Tatsuya Taniuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

パプア・ニューギニア東端、ブーゲンビル島の中心都市。人口3万6443(2000)。同島の大規模な銅資源開発により建設されて急成長し、1972年以来、同島を含む北ソロモン州の行政中心地。旧行政中心地キエタ、鉱山町パングナ、火力発電所や鉱石積出し港のあるロロホと、事実上、一都市のように一体となって機能している。

[谷内 達]

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