Buna
Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It was the site in part, of the Battle of Buna–Gona during World War II, when it constituted a variety of native huts and a handful of houses with an airstrip.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 7,260 residents
- Description: place in Oro, Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Buna, Papua New Guinea”
Buna
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-8.67312° or 8° 40′ 23″ southLongitude
148.413° or 148° 24′ 47″ eastPopulation
7,260Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)United Nations Location Code
PG BNAOpen location code
6R3C8CG7+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 8940442050OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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