Popondetta

Popondetta is the capital of in . In 1951 the city became the focus of relief efforts after nearby Mount Lamington erupted and killed 4,000 people.
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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
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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”

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