Panguna

Panguna is a town in the south-central interior of , an of . It was founded as a mining town by Bougainville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to house miners from the nearby .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Panguna mine.

Quarry
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The is a large, inactive copper mine located in , , formerly operated by Bougainville Copper Ltd. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in and in the world, having an estimated remaining reserve of 5.3 billion tonnes of ore copper and almost 20 million ounces of gold.

Panguna

Latitude
-6.30478° or 6° 18′ 17″ south
Longitude
155.48817° or 155° 29′ 17″ east
Population
2,920
Elevation
597 metres (1,959 feet)
Open location code
6R5QMFWQ+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7059543239
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2088659
Wiki­data ID
Q1771693
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Satellite Map

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

From Asturian to Urdu—“Panguna” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Panguna”
  • Belarusian: “Пангуна”
  • Cebuano: “Panguna”
  • Chinese: “潘古納”
  • Chinese: “潘古纳”
  • Dutch: “Panguna”
  • French: “Panguna”
  • German: “Pangunamine”
  • Hungarian: “Panguna”
  • Japanese: “パングナ”
  • Persian: “پانگونا”
  • Polish: “Panguna”
  • Russian: “Пангуна”
  • Serbian: “Пангуна”
  • Ukrainian: “Пангуна”
  • Urdu: “پانگونا”

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