Papua New Guinea
Oro Province
Sohe District

Kokoda

Kokoda is a station town in the of . It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 21,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Sohe District, Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Kodoka” and “Kokoda Station”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kokoda Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: W. Chapman, CC BY 2.0.
is an airport in Kokoda, . The airfield was a focal point of the intense battle along the famous Kokoda trail, during the second World War.

Kokoda

Latitude
-8.87839° or 8° 52′ 42″ south
Longitude
147.73655° or 147° 44′ 12″ east
Population
21,600
Elevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)
IATA airport code
KKD
United Nations Location Code
PG KKD
Open location code
6R394PCP+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302477619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2093691
Wiki­data ID
Q1771884
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Kokoda” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Кокода”
  • Catalan: “Kokoda”
  • Cebuano: “Kokoda”
  • Chinese: “科科達”
  • Czech: “Kokoda”
  • Dutch: “Kokoda”
  • French: “Kokoda”
  • German: “Kokoda”
  • Hebrew: “קוקודה”
  • Japanese: “ココダ”
  • Persian: “کوکودا”
  • Polish: “Kokoda”
  • Russian: “Кокода”
  • Ukrainian: “Кокода”

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