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.- Village with about 7,260 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …is also known as “Buna, Papua New Guinea”
- Description: place in Oro, Papua New Guinea
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanananda.
Sanananda
Village
Sanananda is a village on the coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.
4½ km northwest of Buna
Buna
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Latitude
-8.66522° or 8° 39′ 55″ south
Longitude
148.39793° or 148° 23′ 53″ east
UN/LOCODE
PG BNA
Open location code
6R3C89MX+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Buna” goes by many names.
بوناPersian
بونا، پاپوآ گینه نوPersian
BunaPolish
БунаRussian
BunaTok Pisin
بونا، پاپوا نیو گنیUrdu
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