Popondetta
Popondetta is the capital of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea. In 1951 the city became the focus of relief efforts after nearby Mount Lamington erupted and killed 4,000 people.- City with about 75,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (280 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code PNP
- …is also known as “Popendetta”
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-8.76674° or 8° 46′ 0″ south
Longitude
148.23751° or 148° 14′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
PG PNP
Open location code
6R3C66MQ+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Popondetta” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፖፖንደታ”
- Arabic: “بوبونديتا”
- Asturian: “Popondetta”
- Azerbaijani: “Popondetta”
- Belarusian: “Папандэта”
- Bengali: “পোপোন্ডেট্টা”
- Cebuano: “Popondetta (kapital sa lalawigan sa Papua New Guinea)”
- Cebuano: “Popondetta”
- Chinese: “波蓬德塔”
- Dutch: “Popondetta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوبونديتا”
- Estonian: “Popondetta”
- Estonian: “Popondota”
- French: “Popondetta”
- Galician: “Popondetta”
- German: “Popondetta”
- Hausa: “Popondetta”
- Hebrew: “פופונדטה”
- Hindi: “पोपोंडेट्टा”
- Indonesian: “Popondetta”
- Italian: “Popondetta Urban”
- Italian: “Popondetta”
- Japanese: “ポポンデッタ”
- Javanese: “Popondetta”
- Kazakh: “Попондетта”
- Kirghiz: “Попондетта”
- Korean: “포폰데타”
- Lithuanian: “Popondeta”
- Malay: “Popondetta”
- Mingrelian: “პოპონდეტა”
- Oromo: “Popondetta”
- Panjabi: “ਪੋਪੋਂਡੇਟਾ”
- Persian: “پوپوندتا”
- Polish: “Popondetta”
- Portuguese: “Popondetta”
- Pushto: “پوپونډیتا”
- Russian: “Попондетта”
- Somali: “Popondetta”
- Spanish: “Popondetta”
- Swahili: “Popondetta”
- Tajik: “Попондетта”
- Tatar: “Попондетта”
- Tok Pisin: “Popondetta”
- Turkish: “Popondetta”
- Ukrainian: “Попондетта”
- Urdu: “پوپوندیتا”
- Urdu: “پوپونڈیٹا”
- Uzbek: “Popondetta”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Memorial Park and Popondetta Post Office.
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