Papua New Guinea
Sandaun Province
Telefomin District

Telefomin

Telefomin is a station town on the border of Sandaun and in . The town started during the Second World War after Mick Leahy was assigned to engineer an airstrip in 1944 for the for use against the Imperial Japanese Army forces based in New Guinea.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: city in Papua New Guinea
  • Historically known as: “Telefolmin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Telefomin Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport in Telefomin, . It was constructed during World War II and is the means of transportation in and out of Telefomin.

Telefomin

Latitude
-5.12384° or 5° 7′ 26″ south
Longitude
141.64051° or 141° 38′ 26″ east
Elevation
1,508 metres (4,948 feet)
IATA airport code
TFM
United Nations Location Code
PG TFM
Open location code
6R63VJGR+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 164363913
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2085585
Wiki­data ID
Q992136
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Satellite Map

Discover Telefomin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Spanish—“Telefomin” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Telefomin”
  • Chinese: “特莱福明”
  • Chinese: “特萊福明”
  • Dutch: “Telefomin”
  • Estonian: “Telefomin”
  • French: “Telefomin”
  • German: “Telefomin Rural”
  • German: “Telefomin”
  • Italian: “Telefomin”
  • Persian: “تلفومین”
  • Spanish: “Telefomin”

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Notable Places Nearby

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